Celtics vs Knicks Game 6 Odds & Updated Series Price

• The New York Knicks are slight home favorites in Game 6 against the Boston Celtics on Friday, May 16
• Without Jayson Tatum (Achilles), Boston ran away with Game 5 at home on Wednesday night
• See the opening Celtics vs Knicks Game 6 odds for May 16

With their season on the brink and their best player on ice, the Boston Celtics (67-25, 43-48-1 ATS) answered the bell on Wednesday night with a dominant 127-102 win over the New York Knicks (58-35, 47-45-1 ATS in Game 5 of their best-of-seven series. Still trailing 3-2 as the series shifts back to the Big Apple for Friday’s Game 6, the Celtics – for the first time this postseason – find themselves as betting underdogs.

The Celtics vs Knicks point spread has opened with New York laying a field goal. Game 6 is scheduled to tip-off at 8:10 pm ET on Friday, May 16, at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

Celtics vs Knicks Game 6 Odds & Betting Lines

The opening Celtics/Knicks odds show New York as a three-point home favorite and -148 on the moneyline, giving the Knicks a 59.68% implied win probability. The Celtics come back as +124 underdogs, a 44.64% implied win probability. The game total has opened at 208.5.

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Boston and New York flew over the 208.0 total in Game 5 on Wednesday, combining for 229 points, thanks largely to a 68-point second half from the Celtics, who went into halftime tied at 59-59 with the Knicks.

Jaylen Brown (21.9 PPG, 7.1 RPG, 2.8 APG postseason) and Derrick White (18.3 PPG, 5.8 RPG, 3.9 APG postseason) came up huge in Tatum’s absence. White had a game-high 34 points on 9-of-16 shooting, including a red-hot 7-of-13 from three. Brown had an efficient 26 points on 9-of-17 shooting plus a game-high 12 assists.

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Do-everything guard Josh Hart (12.4 PPG, 8.4 RPG, 4.9 APG) had a team-high 24 points in a losing effort for the Knicks, going 5-of-9 from three. Jalen Brunson (30.1 PPG, RPG, 8.0 APG postseason) added 22 but was just 7-of-17 from the floor.

New York Knicks vs Boston Celtics Series Price

New York remains a heavy favorite to advance to the East finals in the NBA playoff bracket, but their odds took a serious hit after losing Game 5. The Knicks were -525 favorites to win the series before Game 5 and are now -330 favorites heading into Game 6. The Celtics’ odds to advance to their fourth straight Eastern Conference final improved from +400 to +250.

In the NBA championship odds, New York faded from +450 to +550. The Celtics improved to +1900.

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