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It’s a relatively quiet night in the NBA with just 4 games, but another TNT doubleheader is coming our way. The Boston Celtics and New York Knicks square off at Madison Square Garden at 7:30 pm ET. I’ve prepared another same-game parlay which is available below.
Also check our predictions on the side and total for the rest of Thursday’s 4-game slate.
Let’s get into it!
Julius Randle to score 30+ points (+500)
RJ Barrett to score 30+ points (+1120)
Parlay odds: +8090
Julius Randle to score 30+ points (+500)
Randle just recently returned to the lineup and boy did the Knicks miss their best player. He erupted for 30 points and 16 rebounds in the 10-point home win over Indiana on Tuesday. He shot 60% from the field and played his best game in almost a month. Tonight he faces a Celtics team against which he has scored 27.5 points per game in 2 meetings this season, including a 35-point night in the season opener, which was played at MSG and went into 2 overtimes. With Derrick Rose and Kemba Walker still out with injuries, Randle will once again have to carry the load on offense. He’s had a fairly consistent scoring streak vs the Celtics going for 20 or more points in the last 6 meetings.
Be sure to check out our preview for Boston Celtics vs New York Knicks
RJ Barrett to score 30+ points (+1120)
Similarly to Randle, Barrett also had a huge game against the Pacers in the last game he played. He shot 12-for-20 from the field and finished with 32 points, including 8 rebounds. New York being shorthanded in the backcourt due to injuries and Evan Fournier struggling really helped Barrett’s production, I’m hoping that’s the case tonight as well. In his first game against Boston this season he shot the ball 54% from the field and 42% from 3-point land. Both games between these teams were high-scoring, so if that’s the case again tonight both Randle and Barrett are more than capable of getting 30+ pts each. Considering they just did so in the previous game, which was relatively low-scoring against Indiana, getting +8090 odds on this bet tonight is just too good to pass up.
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