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2026-02-08

Model Predictions

Model New York Knicks Boston Celtics Spread Result
Elo 65.1% 34.9% -
Bradley-Terry 46.8% 53.2% -
Margin 44.5% 55.5% +1.2 (23.2 off)
Pythagorean 47.2% 52.8% -
Efficiency 40.6% 59.4% -
Adjusted Efficiency 40.4% 59.6% -
Log Adjusted 40.4% 59.6% -
Points Off/Def 38.1% 61.9% -

Actual: Boston Celtics -22 (89-111). Predictions use season-end ratings.

New York Knicks

Player MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Numbers RAPM GS
Jalen Brunson * 33 12-21 4-8 3-3 3 8 0 0 3 31 18 -
Mikal Bridges * 30 5-10 1-3 3-3 4 1 0 1 0 14 10 -
Karl-Anthony Towns * 29 3-9 0-2 5-6 10 1 1 0 3 11 11 -
Landry Shamet * 27 1-5 1-4 0-0 4 3 1 0 0 3 6 -
Josh Hart * 26 7-14 2-6 3-4 6 3 0 0 1 19 13 -
Mohamed Diawara 26 4-4 2-2 0-0 3 1 1 0 0 10 11 -
Jose Alvarado 25 5-12 2-6 0-0 2 2 2 1 1 12 6 -
Mitchell Robinson 15 1-2 0-0 3-8 9 2 0 0 0 5 14 -
Jordan Clarkson 7 0-1 0-0 0-0 2 1 0 1 0 0 3 -
Kevin McCullar Jr. 3 0-2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 -
Tyler Kolek 3 2-2 2-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 -
Ariel Hukporti 3 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -
Pacôme Dadiet 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 -
Trey Jemison III 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 -

Boston Celtics

Player MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Numbers RAPM GS
Derrick White * 34 7-14 3-9 2-2 1 4 0 0 0 19 10 -
Jaylen Brown * 33 11-25 0-4 4-4 2 4 1 1 2 26 7 -
Baylor Scheierman * 29 3-8 2-7 2-2 13 5 0 0 1 10 19 -
Neemias Queta * 22 2-4 0-0 0-0 5 1 0 0 3 4 3 -
Luka Garza * 15 1-4 0-3 4-4 3 0 0 0 0 6 5 -
Payton Pritchard 30 2-9 1-6 1-1 2 7 2 0 1 6 7 -
Nikola Vučević 23 5-13 1-6 0-0 6 0 0 1 2 11 3 -
Ron Harper Jr. 21 1-5 0-3 1-2 3 0 0 1 0 3 2 -
Hugo González 12 1-5 0-3 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 2 -2 -
Jordan Walsh 12 1-4 0-0 0-0 6 1 1 0 1 2 5 -
Amari Williams 4 0-1 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 -

* = starter