Knicks vs. Celtics Series Overview: Betting Odds & Analysis

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00:00Let's take a look at the next series up because it is the Boston Celtics,

00:03and this is a great rivalry here.

00:04But you look at the FanDuel Sportsbook right now and the pricing.

00:07The Boston Celtics opened up here, Coach, as a 700 favorite, minus 700.

00:11And now it's minus 1,000.

00:13The New York Knicks as an underdog at plus 660.

00:16Now, we don't have to ask you, hey, which side do you like on this?

00:18I mean, not many people are going to lay a minus 1,000.

00:20Maybe take the Knicks as a plus 660.

00:22But as Joe was starting to point out, like leveling the playing field,

00:25which is something the Knicks haven't done against very good teams in the NBA,

00:28what needs to change?

00:29But more importantly, forget about, like, Brunson.

00:31Like, we know he's got to score and he's got to dominate in games.

00:34How do you activate that bench?

00:36Because the one thing we like about the Celtics is the starters come out,

00:39the bomb squad comes in, and they can keep up.

00:42What has to change on that Knicks bench?

00:45You have to look at someone like Deuce McBride,

00:49someone that's had moments in the playoffs last year.

00:51Let's be honest.

00:53Deuce stunk up the joint.

00:55I mean, stunk up the joint this entire series.

00:58You know, you've got to look at someone like Mitchell Robinson,

01:00who had a big game five.

01:01Will he be able to dominate the offensive glass and kind of take out a guy

01:05like a Cornette or someone like an Al Horford?

01:09So you have to look at those two guys in particular.

01:12And maybe, here's the thing, guys, you can't go seven deep against Boston.

01:17You're going to have to go 8-9.

01:20That means you've got to get something out of Larry Shaman and possibly even people

01:26are screaming for Preston Sachewa just to give him some kind of minutes.

01:29You're not going to be able to roll out these five starters and play them 39 minutes a night

01:33and expect this series to go low.

01:35You need some kind of pinch production from Robinson, from Shaman,

01:40and especially someone from Deuce McBride who can knock down threes

01:44but also is really one of your top, if not your best, small defender in regards.

01:49If you look at between Hart, Brunson, obviously him, Shaman, Campain,

01:54he's the strongest defender.

01:55You're going to have to get something out of Deuce in this series

01:57if you have a shot at all to win it.