The end of the Boston Celtics' Game 4 loss to the New York Knicks on Monday was devastating. Far worse than going down 3-1 in their second-round series was the fact that Jayson Tatum was lost for the remainder of this run (and likely next season) after rupturing his Achilles tendon.

West Linn product Payton Pritchard scored 17 points off the bench to help Boston to a 127-102 home win over New York to stay alive in their second-round playoff

But as Brunson poked and prodded their defense in the third quarter of Game 5, probing for familiar weak spots, the Celtics punched back.

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.

White, Jaylen Brown and Luke Kornet did their best to make up for Jayson Tatum's absence and stayed alive in the NBA playoffs

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