The 2025 NBA season has been entertaining, with amazing plays, slam dunks, and crazy three-point shooting blowing fans away. Already at the business end with 25 matches to go, teams continue to battle for the playoff spots come the end of the regular season. The Eastern Conference sees both the New York Knicks and Boston Celtics, among others, fighting for the automatic playoff top six spots.

These two NBA franchises are also going neck to neck in the Atlanta division for the top two spots. This article will discuss these two teams and the possibility of the Knicks beating the Celtics to a better win-loss record at the end of the regular season.

Overview of team Form, stats, and remaining schedule

Boston Celtics

At the moment, the team from Boston, Massachusetts, are currently steamrolling their way through the Eastern Conference and the NBA as a whole. The Celtics are one of the most in-form teams in the league right now, having won the last five matches on the bounce and nine of the previous ten. Their recent form looks even more impressive considering that a good number of those wins were accompanied by convincing points margins, indicating it’s no fluke.

The likes of Jason Tatum and Jaylen Brown feature on the 50 top-rated players of the season. Currently, the standings place them second in the Eastern Conference, just behind the Cavaliers, with 41 wins and 16 losses from 57 matches.

Looking at the remaining 25 fixtures, 12 of which are home matches, they seem to have clusters of consecutive home game. Most of their difficult assignments have them playing at home, with the only crunch match away from home coming against none other than the Knicks four games to the end of the regular season.

New York Knicks

The New York Knicks, on the other hand, have had a more modest return in their recent games. However, they are still keeping up courtesy of a solid start at the beginning of the season, which saw them coincidentally have an identical form to the Celtics at the moment with five wins on the spin and nine from ten before a first loss of the season.

The Knicks have also been high scorers generally. Star players include Jalen Bruson, Karl Anthony Towns, and Josh Hart, all grabbing spots in the top 50 players according to their average ratings. They occupy the 3rd spot on the Eastern Conference standings with 37 wins and 20 losses also from 57 matches.

The upcoming fixtures list for the New York Knicks is less favorable, with 14 away games from the final 25. A closer look discloses a very erratic fixture with more away games coming in close quarters than home matches, and a fair bit of the away matches are some difficult encounters to top teams.

Verdict

There are still a lot of matches to be played from now till the end of the regular season, and a bad run of form from the Celtics or a streak of victories from the Knicks can change the fortunes of each team. Picks and predictions by Sportytrader are available on the Sportytrader platform for each of these upcoming games if you’d like some direction on which NBA bets to place. That said, looking at the present form of both teams and their upcoming schedules, it’s easy to see the Celts continue this amazing run and stack up consecutive wins from now till the end of the season, barring any serious injury crises.

The Knicks, on the other hand, look to have their current pattern set to continue with the alternation of wins and losses regularly, especially with their more difficult and erratic fixtures list. With all this in mind, my money is on the current champions to maintain their top spot in the Atlanta division easily.