With Jayson Tatum out, the Celtics need other guys to step up, and they did just that. Derrick White and Jaylen Brown both had huge games as White dropped 34 points and Brown finished with 26. It was a total team effort in Game 5, and now, the Celtics live to see another day.

Jalen Brunson had 39 points and 12 assists, and the New York Knicks moved a win away from their first Eastern Conference finals appearance in 25 years and pushed the defending champion Boston Celtics to the brink of elimination with a 121-113 victory Monday night in Game 4.

In a shock turn of events, the Boston Celtics are one game away from elimination in their second-round playoff series against the New York Knicks. Joe Mazzulla's team has let double-digit leads slip away in each of their three losses, making their current situation even harder to stomach.

Leading 3-1 in the series, the New York Knicks visit the Boston Celtics in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference semifinals Wednesday at TD Garden.

Both the Warriors and Celtics are 3-1 down in their respective NBA Conference semi-finals. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The Boston Celtics are still alive against the New York Knicks. The Celtics pulled away to win Game 5, 127-102, on Wednesday night without star forward Jayson Tatum. The Knicks still lead the series, 3-2, and will have another chance to move to the Eastern Conference finals in Friday's Game 6.

The Boston Celtics entered the 2024-25 NBA season as favorites to win the NBA Championship, which would've made them the first back-to-back champions since the

Hard work pays off. Just ask Jalen Brunson. The son of an ex NBA player who now serves as his assistant coach, the barely 6ft 1in Brunson has risen from second-round pick to unquestioned leader