Luke Kornett was the presence inside the Celtics have needed Kristaps Porzingis to be this series. Jaylen Brown added 26 points and 12 assists.

Jayson Tatum had just been carried off the court with a season-ending injury minutes before the Celtics were pushed to the brink of elimination when they played at Madison Square Garden earlier this week.

ESPN pundit Stephen A. Smith crashed the set of "Get Up" to panic over the Knicks' loss to the Celtics on Wednesday night.

With a Game 6 on the horizon between the Boston Celtics and New York Knicks, plenty is at stake for the defending NBA champions. Their biggest hurdle will be n

The Celtics had no easy fix to replace Jayson Tatum entering their do-or-die Game 5 matchup against the Knicks on Wednesday night. Joe Mazzulla began the game by reinserting Kristaps Porzingis into the starting five in place of Tatum despite the big man’s ineffective play for much of the series due to illness.

The Knicks pushed the Celtics to the brink of elimination on Monday, but much of the conversation after Game 4 of the Eastern semifinals centered around Jayson Tatum's injury.

Stunningly, the Boston Celtics sans Jayson Tatum didn't just survive the New York Knicks in a potential closeout Game 5 clash, the Celtics obliterated New York,