Best Knicks vs. Celtics Player Props: Best Bets & SGP for Game 2 Tonight

After leading the New York Knicks to a comeback OT win in Game 1 against the Boston Celtics, Jalen Brunson is poised for another big performance in Game 2 tonight
Best Knicks vs. Celtics Player Props
Pictured: New York Knicks guard Jalen Brunson celebrates his 3-point basket in the fourth quarter against the Detroit Pistons. Photo by Rick Osentoski / Imagn.

The New York Knicks will try to keep rolling after their series-opening win when they clash with the Boston Celtics in Game 2 at TD Garden in Boston tonight at 7 p.m. ET (TNT, truTV, Max). 

Our Knicks vs. Celtics player props, as part of our NBA picks, are focused on Jayson Tatum and Jalen Brunson.

โ›น๏ธ Best NBA player props for Knicks vs. Celtics: Game 2

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๐Ÿ”ฅ Jayson Tatum Over 15.5 rebounds + assists โญโญโญโญ

There are plenty of questions about Tatum after his horrendous Game 1 shooting performance against the Knicks - 7-for-23 from the floor, 4-for-15 from three - but he continues to dominate the glass and set up others for buckets. He pulled down 16 boards in Game 1 while adding six assists, and that comes after averaging 11.3 rebounds and 5.3 assists in the Celtics' first-round series against the Orlando Magic. He'll need to keep that up if Boston is going to live up to its NBA championship odds.

Even during last year's championship run, Tatum was sporadic with his shooting, but still impacted the game with his rebounding and passing. He averaged a combined 15.9 rebounds and assists for the playoffs. With our Knicks vs. Celtics prediction expecting Boston to get back on track in the series, look for Tatum to continue to focus on boards and apples.

The line movement indicates a strong potential for a quality showing from Boston with plenty of points, with the spread moving from -9.5 to -10.5 in their favor. There's also overwhelming support among bettors for the Over on 211.5 points, with that side getting 63% of the action.

โœ… Best odds: -105 via DraftKings ($10 to win $9.52)

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๐Ÿ”ฅ Jalen Brunson Over 26.5 points โญโญโญโญ

It's a little shocking to see our best sports betting sites set Brunson's point total line this low for Game 2 after he managed 29 in the opener on 55.6% shooting from behind the arc. That comes after averaging 31.5 in the first round against the Detroit Pistons and scoring at least 30 in five of six games in that series. With Brunson's volume shooting and the Knicks needing him to carry the load if they hope to upset Boston, I have a hard time seeing Brunson going for fewer than 27 in Game 2.

In the opening series against Detroit, his usage rate was 34.1%, and he averaged 24.8 field-goal attempts and nine free-throw attempts in 40 minutes per game. In Game 1 against Boston, he played over 43 minutes with a 32.2% usage rate and combined to take 30 field-goal and free-throw attempts. It's not like Tom Thibodeau, of all people, will reduce his minutes in Game 2.

โœ… Best odds: -114 via FanDuel ($10 to win $8.77)

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๐Ÿ”ฅ Karl-Anthony Towns Under 29.5 points + rebounds โญโญโญโญ

Another reason the Knicks absolutely need Brunson to shoot like he doesn't have a conscience is because Karl-Anthony Towns has been no-showing for much of the NBA playoffs ... maybe he needs Draymond Green to "motivate" him some more? KAT had 14 points in Game 1 while playing only 31 minutes due to foul issues.

That comes after he had a usage rate of just 20.4% in the Knicks' first-round series while averaging a combined 29.7 points and rebounds per game. He's now gone Under 29.5 combined in three straight, and it won't get any easier against a Celtics defense that allowed the second-fewest points per game to centers in the regular season (18.97).

โœ… Best odds: -114 via Caesars ($10 to win $8.77)

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๐Ÿ“ก How to watch Knicks vs. Celtics live (Game 2)

๐Ÿ“… Wednesday, May 7
๐Ÿ•— 7 p.m. ET
๐Ÿ“ TD Garden (Boston)
๐Ÿ“บ TNT, truTV | ๐Ÿ›œ Max

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