Celtics push Knicks to Game 6
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Days after Jayson Tatum's season-ending injury, the defending champs return to Madison Square Garden where they look to force a Game 7 back in Boston.
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.
This story first appeared in Garden Party, a daily-ish playoffs newsletter from Boston Globe Sports. Click here to join the fun. There have been dozens of times the Celtics star sustained a painful injury, but Tatum would rise to his feet quickly. He couldn’t rise Monday.