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The Boston Celtics are shockingly down 3-1 in the Eastern Conference semifinals against the New York Knicks, so they need to win on Wednesday night to avoid elimination. The Celtics are at home, so that helps their chances, but they were in a dog fight with the Knicks earlier in the game. It was a close game, and things got heated in the third quarter when Jaylen Brown and Josh Hart both received technical fouls.
Josh Hart, Jaylen Brown and Al Horford got into it to start the 2nd half of Knicks-Celtics 👀
Hart and Brown got hit with technical fouls.
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In case you didn't know, the Knicks and Celtics don't like each other. The ending of Game 5 should be another good one, and the intensity will keep up until the final horn sounds.
This game was tight when the altercation between Jaylen Brown and Josh Hart went down, but the Celtics have created some separation since then. However, the Celtics led by 20 points in the first two games of this series, and the Knicks came back and won both of those games.
Coming into this series, the Celtics were heavy favorites over the Knicks, but that is obviously not the case anymore after New York took a 3-1 series lead with a Game 4 win. Boston also lost its star in that game as Jayson Tatum went down with an injury late. He ended up tearing his achilles, and he is going to be out for a long time.
With Jayson Tatum out, the Celtics will need guys like Jaylen Brown to step up big time in his absence. In Game 5, the whole team is answering the challenge as they are close to forcing a Game 6 back in New York. Boston is up big in the fourth quarter, but you never know what will go down in the final minutes.
If the Celtics can find a way to finish this off and force Game 6, they are just one road win away from being in a great spot with Game 7 being in Boston. Winning in New York without Tatum won't be easy, but Jaylen Brown and the Celtics will need to get it done.
