The NBA is back in action. The Boston Celtics host the New York Knicks in Game 1 of the 2024-25` regular season on Tuesday. Last season, the Celtics knocked off the Dallas Mavericks in the NBA Finals and they will raise banner No. 18. Meanwhile, the New York Knicks made it Eastern Conference Semifinals, before falling to the Indiana Pacers. 

Tipoff from TD Garden in Boston is set for 7:30 p.m. ET. The SportsLine consensus lists Boston as the 6-point favorite in the latest Knicks vs. Celtics odds, while the over/under for total points scored is 222.5 (see up-to-date odds for every game this week on our NBA odds page). 

Before making any Knicks vs. Celtics picks or predictions of your own, you NEED to see which side SportsLine NBA expert Bruce Marshall is on. 

For years Vegas-based Marshall was synonymous with The Gold Sheet, the famed sports betting newsletter. With a background in play-by-play work and sports information while in college, Marshall joined TGS in 1981 when hired by the legendary Mort Olshan and served as executive editor for many years. 

An in-demand guest on numerous sports talk radio and TV shows across the country, Bruce's vast array of editorial work has been featured in the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the New York Post and many other outlets. He has won various handicapping titles and also is working on several book projects. Bruce also enters the NBA season on an 38-17 roll (+1936) on his last 55 Knicks picks. Anyone who has followed it at their favorite sports betting site and betting apps is way up!

Now, Marshall has locked in another confident against-the-spread pick for Knicks vs. Celtics.

We can tell you he's leaning Under the point total, but he also knows a crucial X-factor makes one side of the spread a MUST-BACK! You ABSOLUTELY need to see what it is before locking in any picks of your own.

So who wins Knicks vs. Celtics on Opening Night, and what x-factor makes one side of the spread a MUST-BACK? ... Join SportsLine right now to see which side of the Knicks-Celtics spread hits HARD, all from the expert who is an AMAZING 38-17 on picks involving the Knicks!