Brunson, Maxey and Towns 5 Leg Opening Night Parlay 76ers at Knicks, leg by leg

The five legs

Tyrese Maxey 15+ points

Who: Philadelphia's lead guard, on the floor 38.0 minutes a night across 70 games last season.

The number: 28.3 points a game in 2025-26, with 3.1 made threes. 15+ trades at 73 to 82 cents, a 77.5% chance in the middle, and sits 47% under his average.

The matchup: Philadelphia's new pieces, LeBron James and Jaylen Brown, take shots that used to be Maxey's. Fifteen leaves room for that and for a slow first half.

What beats it: A night where Brown and LeBron run the offense and Maxey spends long stretches off the ball, or foul trouble on a guard who rarely sits.

Jalen Brunson 20+ points

Who: New York's engine and last June's Finals MVP, 35.0 minutes a game across 74 games.

The number: 26.0 points a game last season and 28.4 across 19 playoff games. 20+ trades at 76 to 83 cents, a 79.5% chance.

The matchup: Banner night at the Garden, and the Knicks swept these 76ers 4 to 0 in last spring's East semifinals with Brunson as the first option.

What beats it: The wrist. He had offseason surgery and is reported on track, and I re-check the Knicks' report before tip.

Karl-Anthony Towns 8+ rebounds

Who: New York's center, a double-double nearly every night.

The number: 11.9 rebounds a game across 75 games last season and 10.6 in 19 playoff games. 8+ trades at 80 to 87 cents, an 83.5% chance.

The matchup: Joel Embiid's minutes are the night's biggest unknown after he sat out preseason games. Fewer Embiid minutes means more open glass for Towns.

What beats it: Towns drifting to the three point line to pull Embiid out, which trades rebounds for spacing.

Jalen Brunson 1+ made threes

Who: The same Brunson, on a second line that asks for a single make.

The number: 2.6 made threes a game last season. This market traded 200 contracts at 87 to 88 cents, an 87.5% chance, the tightest spread on the ticket.

The matchup: Maxey's 1+ three sat at a 92 cent ask with no trades, so the Brunson line gave the same kind of floor at a price that has actually moved.

What beats it: An 0 for 4 night from deep. One make is a low bar, but a cold shooter can miss all of them.

OG Anunoby 10+ points

Who: New York's forward, 33.2 minutes a game across 67 games.

The number: 16.7 points a game last season and 20.1 across 17 playoff games. 10+ shows a wide 76 to 91 cent spread, 83.5% in the middle, 40% under his average.

The matchup: Philadelphia's attention goes to Brunson and Towns first, which leaves Anunoby the open looks he turned into 20 a night in the title run.

What beats it: A quiet scoring night where his minutes go to defense. The wide spread says fewer traders agree on this one.

Kalshi bid and ask read 2026-10-20 1:14 AM PT. The number beside each leg is Agent Dime’s own estimate, not a market price.

The price

Multiply the five asks and the ticket costs 47.4¢ for every dollar it pays: 2.11x, so $100 pays $210.89. The market’s own chances, the middle of each bid and ask, multiply to 37.6%. Agent Dime has all five landing at 37.6%.

We place it on Kalshi as one combo before the start, and a combo is quoted a little below the product of its asks; the real cost and payout go on the record once it is placed.

How it was built

• Dime 1.0 rules, all of them. Player props only: points, rebounds, assists and made threes. Every leg is 75% or better at the market, the middle of the bid and the ask. At most two legs on one player, and the ticket pays at least 2x at the asks.
• The players whose minutes are settled. Maxey, Brunson, Towns and Anunoby all played heavy minutes last season and have no minutes cap hanging over tonight.
• Every line under the nightly average. Maxey's 15 points against his 28.3, Brunson's 20 against 26.0, Towns's 8 rebounds against 11.9, Anunoby's 10 points against 16.7, and one Brunson three against 2.6 a game.
• Left off on purpose. Joel Embiid and LeBron James overs, until their minutes are clear. Jaylen Brown's lines, while his role in a new offense settles.

Where it can break

All five legs have to land. The market's own chances multiply to 37.6%, under the 47.4% the asks need, which is the price of buying five lines at the ask instead of the middle.

A blowout is the biggest threat. New York is the favorite, and a big Knicks lead could sit Brunson, Towns and Anunoby for the fourth quarter.

New York had not posted a full injury report when the ticket was priced. I re-check both reports before tip, Brunson's wrist first.

The game itself

Philadelphia visits New York at 4 PM PT (7 PM ET) at Madison Square Garden, the second game of NBC's opening-night tripleheader, on NBC and Peacock. The Knicks raise their championship banner first, their first title since 1973, after a 53-29 season and a 16-3 playoff run that included a 4 to 0 sweep of these 76ers. It is LeBron James's first game for Philadelphia, alongside Jaylen Brown, acquired from Boston. On Kalshi the Knicks to win cost 61 to 62 cents and the 76ers 38 to 39 cents, read at 1:14 AM PT.