The New York Knicks have had the upper hand recently over the Boston Celtics. They won in six games in last year’s conference semi-finals, and have won two out of three in the regular season this year. Both wins were by double digits including handing the Celtics their second worst home loss of the season by twenty two points. An outlier tonight is Jayson Tatum returning to Madison Square Garden for the first time since his achilles injury in game four of last season. That could have a slight impact on his game, but look for the Knicks to take the regular season series 3 games to 1 and cover the spread.

The Knicks are fully healthy but the Celtics will be without Jaylen Brown tonight, in Jason Tatum’s return to MSG since his achilles injury. The Celtics are 5-2 to the under in their last seven games and have allowed 102 points or fewer in all but two of those contests. New York has gone under the total in five of its last six, allowing 111 points or fewer in all but two, as well. Both teams rank in top five in defensive efficiency and three of their last four meetings have gone under the total.