NBA Playoffs First Round - #2 New York vs. #7 Boston

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Current Series Win Odds

New York Knicks has won the series 4-2.

Winner/Length Odds As Of Start Of Series


Series Performance : New York 4-2 Boston

Date Winner HAN Score ATS O/U
Sat 4/20 New York Home 85-78 Boston +7.5 Under 189.5
Tue 4/23 New York Home 87-71 New York -6.5 Under 186.5
Fri 4/26 New York Away 90-76 New York +2.5 Under 183.0
Sun 4/28 Boston Home 97-90 Boston +1.5 Over 181.5
Wed 5/1 Boston Away 92-86 Boston +9.0 Under 182.5
Fri 5/3 New York Away 88-80 New York -2.5 Under 180.0

Similar Historical Results

Since the 2003-2004 season, there have been 104 games where the 2 seed played against the 7 seed. In those games:

  • The 2 seed has a straight up record of 78-26-0 (The 7 seed is 26-78-0 straight up)
  • The 2 seed has a record against the spread of 61-38-5 (The 7 seed is 38-61-5 ATS)
  • The game went over the total 45 times, under 57 times, and pushed 2 times

Regular Season Performance : New York 3-1 Boston

Date Winner HAN Score ATS O/U
Sun 3/31 New York Home 108-89 New York -6.5 Under 197.5
Tue 3/26 New York Away 100-85 New York +2.5 Under 194.0
Thu 1/24 New York Away 89-86 New York -1.0 Under 189.0
Mon 1/7 Boston Away 102-96 Boston +7.5 Over 191.5

New York Knicks Stats vs. Boston Celtics

Pts/Gm Reb/Gm Ast/Gm
Player vsBOS All %dif vsBOS All %dif vsBOS All %dif
Carmelo Anthony 27.6 28.6 -3.3% 6.2 6.8 -9.1% 2.3 2.4 -4.6%
Raymond Felton 15.9 14.1 12.5% 3.4 2.9 14.9% 4.9 5.3 -8.7%
J.R. Smith 15.6 17.6 -11.6% 5.0 5.2 -3.6% 1.6 2.6 -37.4%
Amar'e Stoudemire 14.0 13.3 5.2% 5.5 4.8 14.3% 1.0 0.4 146.2%
Iman Shumpert 8.4 7.1 18.8% 5.9 3.7 60.9% 1.3 1.6 -17.9%
Pablo Prigioni 5.3 3.6 47.6% 2.3 1.8 28.3% 2.9 3.0 -4.1%
Tyson Chandler 4.9 9.8 -50.0% 7.7 10.2 -24.5% 0.4 0.9 -53.3%
Kenyon Martin 4.9 6.7 -26.7% 5.1 5.0 2.5% 0.6 0.6 0.7%
Steve Novak 4.8 6.1 -22.2% 1.1 1.7 -35.9% 0.0 0.4 -100.0%
Jason Kidd 3.9 5.4 -27.7% 4.8 4.2 14.4% 2.4 3.1 -23.2%
Chris Copeland 2.3 8.0 -71.4% 1.2 2.0 -38.6% 0.0 0.4 -100.0%
Marcus Camby 0.7 1.6 -59.1% 1.0 3.0 -67.1% 0.0 0.5 -100.0%
James White 0.6 2.1 -71.6% 0.3 0.8 -63.4% 0.3 0.5 -36.9%

Boston Celtics Stats vs. New York Knicks

Pts/Gm Reb/Gm Ast/Gm
Player vsNYK All %dif vsNYK All %dif vsNYK All %dif
Rajon Rondo 23.0 13.7 67.4% 10.0 5.6 79.2% 11.0 11.1 -0.5%
Paul Pierce 20.0 18.6 7.4% 6.4 6.3 2.0% 5.1 4.8 5.3%
Jeff Green 19.3 13.3 45.0% 5.8 4.0 43.8% 2.4 1.6 47.0%
Kevin Garnett 10.3 14.6 -29.4% 10.4 8.3 25.8% 2.5 2.4 2.8%
Jason Terry 9.4 10.2 -8.3% 2.1 2.0 3.8% 2.0 2.5 -19.0%
Jared Sullinger 8.5 6.0 41.7% 4.0 5.9 -31.8% 0.0 0.8 -100.0%
Avery Bradley 6.6 8.9 -26.2% 2.4 2.2 8.4% 1.4 2.0 -30.0%
Brandon Bass 6.3 8.5 -26.0% 5.6 5.3 4.8% 1.0 1.0 -4.4%
Jordan Crawford 5.2 8.2 -36.4% 1.1 2.4 -53.2% 1.0 2.1 -52.9%
Courtney Lee 2.5 7.5 -66.8% 0.9 2.3 -61.6% 0.3 1.8 -82.9%
Terrence Williams 1.8 4.0 -55.9% 1.9 1.9 0.7% 1.0 1.5 -34.1%
D.J. White 0.2 2.4 -89.7% 0.2 1.1 -76.9% 0.0 0.3 -100.0%
Shavlik Randolph 0.2 3.9 -93.7% 1.1 4.3 -73.8% 0.0 0.2 -100.0%
Chris Wilcox 0.2 4.1 -94.6% 0.4 2.9 -84.6% 0.0 0.3 -100.0%

Team Power Ratings

Rating NYK adv BOS
Overall 103.6 (#7) 99.6 (#17)
Predictive 102.8 (#7) 99.6 (#17)
Last 10 Games 101.8 (#11) 97.6 (#21)
Away Games 103.5 (#7) 98.6 (#18)
Home Games 103.8 (#8) 100.7 (#13)
Conference Games 104.0 (#7) 99.5 (#17)
Non-Conf Games 102.7 (#9) 99.9 (#17)
Schedule Strength 100.3 (#11) 100.0 (#20)

Offensive Stat Comparison

NYK BOS
Points/Game 98.5 95.5
Avg Score Margin +4.2 -0.6
Fastbreak Pts/Gm 8.6 13.3
Pts in Paint/Gm 33.6 37.5
Assists/Game 18.7 22.3
Total Rebounds/Gm 48.3 47.2
Effective FG % 50.8% 50.1%
Off Rebound % 25.3% 19.7%
FTA/FGA 0.254 0.266
Turnover % 11.6% 14.2%

Defensive Stat Comparison

NYK BOS
Opp Points/Game 94.3 96.1
Opp Effective FG % 50.3% 48.1%
Opp Pts in Paint/Gm 38.8 41.9
Off Rebounds/Gm 10.8 7.9
Def Rebounds/Gm 29.7 31.4
Blocks/Game 3.7 4.4
Steals/Game 8.3 8.0
Personal Fouls/Gm 20.4 21.0