Overview
- Tip-off is 8 p.m. ET in Boston, with the game airing on NBC and streaming on Peacock.
- Boston confirmed Derrick White and Neemias Queta will play, Jayson Tatum remains out, and New York will be without OG Anunoby and Landry Shamet.
- The Knicks enter 13-6 with four straight wins (3-5 on the road), while the Celtics are 11-9 and 6-4 at home.
- Sportsbooks list Boston as a slight favorite at roughly -1.5 with a total around 230–231; one market shows New York -105 and Boston -114 on the moneyline.
- The Knicks won the first meeting 105-95 in October; Jalen Brunson is averaging 28.5 points, and Boston’s recent win featured Payton Pritchard’s 42 and a Jaylen Brown triple-double.