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This was the play that Tatum suffered what appeared to be a lower right leg injury. He had 42 points in Game 4, but got carried off the floor and went to the locker room in a wheel chair.
The New York Knicks are a win away from reaching the Eastern Conference Finals for the first time in 25 years. They are up 3-1 and only 13 teams in NBA history have ever come back from that sort of deficit. The Knicks have a chance to close out the series in Boston on Wednesday night.
This was the moment tragedy struck for the Celtics. With the game slipping away, Boston lost the ball and Tatum went down after appearing to suffer a lower leg injury. He stayed down on the floor writhing in pain before getting helped off the floor without being able to be put any pressure on his right leg. Cameras in MSG would show him later being taken to the locker room in a wheel chair visibly distraught.
Late in the game, with everyone eyeing Brunson, it was Mikal Bridges that rose to the occasion and took some of the pressure off of Brunson. He hit a couple of clutch buckets deep in the fourth quarter and helped guide the Knicks to the massive Game 4 win.
It looked like the game was getting away from the Celtics in the 4th quarter but Jayson Tatum brought them back to life with back to back threes and ended the night with 42 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 steals and 2 blocks. He had a fantastic night that ended in disaster. He would go down late in the game and no come back in what looked to be a serious injury to his lower right leg.
The Knicks took the lead at the end of the third quarter but they had only led for 12 minutes this entire series. Once they took the lead, they didn't look back. Again, it wasn't just Brunson. KAT had 23, Anunoby had 20 and Bridges had a huge second alf and ended the night with 23.
There was a point where it was just Brunson and Tatum going toe to toe in the 3rd quarter. Brunson poured in 18 points in the 3rd and the most clutch player in the NBA was just getting started. New York took the lead late in the 3rd quarter and hung on to it until the finish line.
White was money from downtown and hit big shot after big shot as the Knicks tried and tried to take the lead. He had 23 on the night and went 6/11 from three point range.
Karl-Anthony Towns had a big night from the field, going 11/15 from the field and had 23 and 11 rebounds. It wasn't just going to be up to Jalen Brunson to led the Knicks to victory. KAT needed to be big and he was.
Jayson Tatum was unstoppable in Game 4. He came out locked in and set the tone not just on the offensive end but on the defensive end too. Tatum had three threes in a matter of seconds to put the Celtics up 11 thanks to a 12-0 run that all came from downtown. Boston went 12/24 from DT in the first half but ended the game 18/48 as they went cold from outside in the second half.
The defense was on a different level tonight for the Knicks. They got dragged around in Game 3 and came out with a different attitude on what might have been the biggest night in the Garden in over two decades.
The New York Knicks are a game away from the Eastern Conference Finals after their win over the Boston Celtics on Monday night. Jalen Brunson led the way with 39 points in the 121-113 Game 4 win.
Everyone figured all the momentum was with the Celtics after winning Game 3 in New York, but the Knicks gave a gritty performance in a game they had to come back and win in the second half. Derrick White and the Celtics started off red hot from downtown. White had four first quarter three pointers and Boston got out ahead early in the game.
IT'S ALL OVER!!!!
The Knicks hold off the Celtics and take a 3-1 series lead and all the momentum back to Boston. The other story of the night was Tatum's injury he suffered late in the 4th quarter. C's fans will hold their breath hoping for good news.
Brunson to the line and he hits one of two FTs.
Pritchard drains a deep three and the Celtics foul quickly with 21 to go.
Timeout Knicks with 21 to go in the 4th quarter.
Towns with the slam down the land with half a minute to go.
Horford to the line after the foul on KAT and he hits both FTs.
Pritchard makes the lay up with under 1:00 to go.
Anunoby off the dribble to the rim and he lays it up with two hands.
Holiday with the steal and he finds Brown slashing down the lane for the jam.
Brunson on the step back and he rattles home the three ball from the wing!!! He's got 38 on the night!!!
Tatum heads back to the locker room not being able to put any pressure on the right foot and that looks terrible..
Tatum lost the ball and Anunoby goes in for the slam on the break!!!
Tatum stayed down behind the play and he is clutching at his ankle.
Bridges from the corner and into the lane and he hits the fader with the shot clock running down!!
Timeout Celtics with 3:21 to go as the Knicks have their largest lead of the game!
Brunson off the dribble and he hits the fader from outside the lane with under 4:00 to go.
Brunson to the cup and he shrugs off the contact and lays it up from a tight angle. He's got 33.
Holiday drives on Robinson and lays it up and in off the glass.
Anunoby steps back and hits the three from the wing over Porzingis!!
Tatum backing down underneath, goes up and under lays it up and in and gets the foul! FT is good after the foul on Anunoby. He's got 42 tonight.
Anunoby glides to the cup and lays it up and over Porzingis!
Timeout Cetlics with 6:32 to go in the 4th quarter!!
Bridges pulls up from outside the lane again, and he's got 21!
Tatum with his 7th three ball, this time off the dribble from the top of the key!
KAT into the lane ad he finds Robinson on the lob for the lay up!
Tatum steps back and hits the three from the wing over KAT!!! He's got 36 and 6 threes on the night!
Bridges pulls up and hits the short jumper from just inside the lane.
Porzingis fouled by Towns and he goes to the line where he hits both FTs.
Tatum dancing through the lane and he gets a great roll off the rim as the ball just hung and finally dropped.
Towns spins off Pritchard in the lane and floats it up over Porzingis.
The call stands and Hart will be slapped with his fifth foul.
Hart was called for a blocking foul and the Knicks are going to challenge it with 10:22 to go in the 4th.
Brown takes KAT off the dribble and finger rolls it up and in.
Bridges pulls up and hits the fader from the baseline.
Robinson sends Pritchard to the line where he hits both FTs.
Bridges gets into the paint and starts the fourth quarter with a fader from the paint.
Brunson had 18 in that third quarter!!!
WE ARE HEADING TO THE FOURTH QUARTER WITH THE KNICKS UP 3!!!
Hart racing to the cup and takes it at White for the lay up before the buzzer sounds!
Anunoby sinks the three ball in the corner off the kickout from Brunson!!!
Tatum got tripped up on his way to the bucket and he landed on that right wrist hard but he gets up and hits both FTs. He's got 31 on the night.
Brunson ties it up with a fader in the lane over White!
Anunoby with the offensive bord off the miss from Bridges and Brunson ends up fading from outside the lane!
Timeout Celtics with 2:34 to go in the 3rd quarter!
Hart to the line after the foul on Brown and he hits one of two FTs.
Brunson back into traffic and gets another tough lay up to go in traffic.
Tatum stops at the FT line, turns, spins and fades.
Towns with a quick trigger off the inbound and he hits the mid range jumper.
Brown to the cup and he slices through the lane for the lay up.
Brunson with the pump fake and the three ball from the corner! He's got 12 in the quarter.
Tatum backing Bridges down to the FT line and hits the fader out of the timeout.
KAT puts it on the deck gets to the rim and lays it up and in.
Timeout Celtics with 6:00 to go in the 3rd quarter!
Brunson drives into traffic and he lays it up with the left hand from the right side.
Tatum with a seal and a slam on the other end.
White was left open from the wing and he strokes another three! His 6th of the night!
Bridges with a fader from outside the lane and he hits it over White. 9-0 run for the Knicks.
It was called a flagrant foul so Brunson goes to the line where he makes two of three FTs and the Knicks get the ball.
Brown fouls Brunson on the three ball and he is going to go to the line after the check and see if that was a flagrant foul on the close out.
Brunson with a quick dribble to the bucket and he lays it up with the left hand from the right side.
Brunson was left open from the arc and he hits the pull up three.
Tatum with the steal on KAT and he finds White in the corner for three!
Timeout Knicks with 9:05 to go in the third quarter!
Tatum with some open space and he pulls the trigger from long range on the wing!
Brunson lobs it up off the inbounds and KAT slashes to the rack for the slam.
Great bounce pass from Tatum to Holiday on the back door cut for the lay up.
Bridges with the block on one end and KAT gets the and one after slipping through Holiday and White! FT is good after the foul on Holiday.
Bridges leans to the cup on the baseline and finger rolls it home.
Brown starts the half with a drive to the bucket and skips around Hart for the lay up.
WE ARE BACK IN NYC FOR THE SECOND HALF OF ACTION!!
Porizingis is getting back to his best after battling illness in this series. He's not dominating the game like we have seen him do, but he's making those hustle plays that can make all the difference for his team. He's got 5 points and 4 rebounds.
Pritchard had a playoff career high last game. He hasn't been as active tonight but he did have this sweet little spin and scoop to the rack.
The three point shot has been the story of this series. The Celtics came out red hot from the arc, shooting 12/24 in the first half. Tatum is 4/7 from downtown with 20 points while Derrick White is 4/5 from three with 17 points in the first half.
The Knicks have trailed for almost the entire game, but they are still hanging around. They don't want to be trailing as we get later and later, but they know they can comeback like they did in Games 1 and 2.
Tatum leads the Celtics in scoring after the first half, but he had to catch up to Derrick White who made four first quarter threes to put the Celtics in the lead right out of the gate.
WE ARE AT THE END OF THE FIRST HALF WITH THE CELTICS UP BY 11!!!
Horford sends Brunson to the line and he hits both FTs with 11 seconds to go.
Tatum goes right to the rack and his lay up is block but Robinson is called for a goal tend.
Brunson to the line after the foul on Holiday and he hits both FTs. Those were the first FTs of the half for NY.
White to the line after the foul on Brunson and he hits both FTs.
Tatum missed the bseline fader but Porzingis was there for the tip in over Anunoby.
Brown to the line after the foul on Robinson and he hits one of two FTs.
Brown left open from the corner and he hits it from downtown off the feed from Holiday!
Anunoby on the curl and he sinks the three ball from the wing!
White to the line after Towns picks up his third foul with 5:00 in the first half. White hits one of two FTs.
Tatum was left open from the wing and he hits his fourth three ball of the night! That's 11 already for the Celtics.
Towns takes a dribble into the lane and lays it up and in before falling to the ground!
Brunson running the floor and he looks up to McBride who sinks a three ball from the wing!
Timeout Celtics with 6:21 to go in the second quarter!
Bridges follows his own miss and tips it up and in.
Bridges gets into the lane and floats it up and in over Porzingis,
Timeout Knicks with 7:31 to go in the first half!
Prtichard missed the reverse but Porzingis came soaring in for the put back.
Pritchard spins to the cup and scoops it up and in off the window.
Horford drew an offensive foul on Towns, and then strokes a three from the top of the key!
Brown sent to the line after the foul on Payne and he hits both FTs.
Payne missed the three but KAT was there for the rebound and put back over Pritchard.
Robinson hustling to pull down the offensive rebound and kicks it out to McBride who drills the three ball from the wing.
Anunoby is on the bench having his hamstring looked at after pulling up on a play in the first quarter.
Towns spins and puts up a jump hook. It was blocked by Horford but a goaltend was called.
WE ARE AT THE END OF THE FIRST QUARTER!!!
Boston end the 1st on a 12-0 run thanks to Tatum's 15 and White's 15!
Tatum ends the quarter with a three ball and that's his third of the quarter!!
Prtichard off the bench and he gets on the board with a corner three!
Tatum again!! He drops a three ball for the second time in a matter of seconds!!
Tatum pulls up from long range and strokes a three ball! He's got two of those already tonight.
Brunson into the lane and he floats it up and in in traffic.
Tatum pulls up and gets the friendly roll on the mid range jumper.
KAT on the second chance points and he lays it up and in off the miss from Anunoby.
White fouled by Brunson on the three pointer and he gets two of three FTs to go.
Brunson off the pick and roll and he finds Robinson on the alley oop lob!
Porzingis to the line after the foul on Hart and he hits one of two FTs.
Brunson ties it up with an off balanced leaner in the lane.
Brunson finds Hart in the corner and he drains the three! NY is 4/9 from downtown to start the game!
Brown to the line after the foul on Bridges and hits one of two FTs.
Tatum pull up from a step inside the arc and he drills the deep two.
White answers back with his fourth three of the first quarter, this one off the dish from Tatum on the wing!
Hart on the drive and kick out to Anunoby and he sinks the three ball from the corner!
Brunson drains a three ball off the step back over Tatum and the Celtics need a timeout after an 8-0 run.
Timeout with 5:52 to go in the 1st quarter!
Bridges into the paint and he gets the fader to fall from inside the FT line.
Bridges answers back with a three ball from the wing off the feed from Brunson.
Brown steps back from the top of the key and drills it from long range!
Anunoby on the step back and he hits it from the baseline.
Tatum with the steal on one end and he takes it to the iron for the lay up on the break.
Timeout Knicks with 8:38 to go in the 1st quarter!
Tatum finds White in the corner and he hits his third three of the night!!! Nine points in the first three minutes for White!!
Brunson into the lane and he lays it up and in in traffic.
Extra pass from Brown to White on the wing and he hits his second three ball of the night!
KAT slashes to the rack and Hart hit him on the back door pass for the lay up.
Brown pulls up from the FT line and he hits the mid range jumper.
The Celtics start the game off with a three ball thanks to Derrick White's early triple from the top of the key.
WE ARE UNDERWAY FROM NEW YORK!!!
NBA Lottery
There will only be one winner from MSG tonight, but the Dallas Mavericks are the winners of the night and the early offseason. They had a dreadful season that Saw Luka Doncic ship off to LA, Anthony Davis get injured in his debut, and Kyrie tear his ACL. Tonight they got their first bit of good news in a while. They will have the No. 1 pick in the NBA Draft after winning the NBA Lottery tonight.
Starting five Celtics
The C's are going with their stating five they have had for the last few games. No Prozingis in the starting five, but it's White, Holiday, Brown, Tatum and Horford to start the night off. They have got off to great starts the last few games, it'll be up to this five to do the same tonight.
Knicks starting five
Coach Thibs has all of his big guns ready for this huge Game 4 from the Garden. It's Brunson, Bridges, Hart, Anunoby and Towns to start off this match up with the possiblity of going up 3-1 in the series.
Knicks injury report
The New York Knicks could have a problem on their hands and it has to do with the hand of Karl-Anthony Towns. KAT took a shot to his left hand in Game 3 and appeared to tell the bench “I broke it.” He was visibly in pain for the rest of the game, but that didn’t stop him from putting up 21 and 15 in the loss from New York. Despite KAT battling through the injury all game just a couple nights ago, he is not listed on the injury report. When asked about the injury KAT replied, “It is what it is. I just want to do whatever I can to be out there. I ain’t tripping.”
Celtics injury report
There has been a lot of talk about Kristaps Porzingis and his mystery illness that sidelined him for the final few quarters of Game 1. He came back for Game 2 and 3, but cored just 13 points in a combined 33 minutes. He has been a shade of himself, but just being out there has made a difference for the Celtics. He is a go for tonight’s game, and Sam Hauser who sprained his ankle in Game 1 is listed as questionable after missing Games 2 and 3. He would add even more three point shooting off the bench if he is able to play in this massive match up from Madison Square Garden.
Live and die from three point range
The long ball has been the underlying story in this series. Everyone knows the Celtics live and die by the three ball and that was ultimately their downfall in the first two games of the series. They went 25/100 in the couple games from Boston and set a playoff record for three pointers attempted in Game 1. They went 15/60 and then 10/40 in the next game. They finally straightened the ship out in Game 3 from Madison Square Garden, shooting 20/40 from behind the arc in the blowout win. It shouldn’t be as simple that, but for the C’s if they can heat up from the three point line tonight, the Knicks are going to have an awfully tough time winning this series.
Is Tatum “that guy”?
There is no questioning Jayson Tatum is one of the best players in the league. He is an NBA champion, and even though he may not be in the MVP conversation. He has made statements crowning himself “humbly, I’m one of the best basketball players in the world.” After the win in Game 3, Tatum went to the podium in the post game presser and declared himself “That guy.” He has come under some criticism, especially following the two late game collapses, and responded to those critics “I live a great life. I make a lot of money… But I’m not perfect,” he said. “There are times I’ve needed to play better… That’s what comes with being that guy." The message was met with mixed recations, but Tatum can silence some of those critics with a big night on the road in Game 4.
Road teams this round
It’s been a strange start to the Conference Semifinals in both the East and the West. The first six games of this round were won by the road team including two games won by the Pacers over the top seeded Cavs in Cleveland. In all, the home team has won just four of the 14 games that have been played coming into tonight. None of the home teams in this series have won, but the Knicks will be looking to change that tonight. So far the Thunder, Wolves, Nuggets and Pacers have won a game at home. The Knicks, Celtics, Cavs and Warriors have yet to win at home. New York and Golden State will have a chance to join the list tonight.
Star watch: Knicks
Even though the Knicks won the first two games of this series, Jalen Brunson was far from perfect. He has struggled in the first half of each game in this series, and in Game 3 wasn’t able to lift his team up late in second half like he did in the first two games. He’s averaging 24.3 points a game, which is just a point and a half below his season average, but he is shooting 38% this series which is way under his FG percentage this season. If the Knicks are going to have any chance to win this series, Brunson has to be at his best for all four quarters tonight and for the rest of the Eastern Conference Semifinals.
Star watch: Celtics
The best Boston player over the first three games of this series hasn’t been Jayson Tatum or Jaylen Brown. In fact, the best player so far in this series has started each of the games in EC Semis off the bench. Payton Pritchard was named the Sixth Man of the Year after posting 14.3 points, 3.8 rebounds and 3.5 assists a game and he had 23 points in the Game 3 win from New York. Boston already has one of the best starting fives, if not the best starting five in the NBA, and when you add the Sixth Man of the Year to that equation, it makes the defending champions that much harder to beat.
Game 3 recap
After to late game collapses, Boston went into to New York knowing going down 3-0 would more than likely cost them a chance at a back to back title run. They came out and played like their lives were on the line in a wire to wire win in Game 3. They went up by double digits in the first quarter much like they did in the first two games, the only difference was they held on to the lead and even added to it in the second half. Payton Pritchard led the Celtics with 23 points as the lead stretched up to 31 points and the Celtics cruised to victory to cut their series deficit to 2-1.
We are live from MSG
Hello everyone and welcome to the Garden where the Knicks know what’s at stake tonight in front of their home fans. They took care of the hardest part, which was winning two games in Boston, but lost their home opener in the series and now need a win before handing home court advantage back to Boston by the end of the night. The Celtics haven’t just been the better team for 10 of the 12 quarters of this series, they have been the much better team. A couple of fourth quarter collapses have cost the defending champions two games, but now they are trying to climb out of the hold they dug themselves early in the series. It’s a huge Game 4
Celtics vs. Knicks live
The New York Knicks may have went into to Boston and taken the first two games with back to back 20 points comebacks but it feels like the tides are turning after the Boston Celtics Game 3 win on Saturday afternoon. Tonight they have a chance to even the series but the Knicks will be looking to take a commanding 3-1 lead back to Boston. It’s Game 4 from Madison Square Garden and AS English will be with you all night providing live coverage, stats, highlights and analysis of tonight’s game from the Big Apple.