Jaylen Brown played the final month and a half of the season with a partially torn right meniscus, according to ESPN's Ramona Shelburne. After the Celtics were eliminated by the Knicks in Game 6 of their second round series on Friday,

The Celtics' season ended Friday with a 119-81 loss against the Knicks in Game 6 at Madison Square Garden. Four days before that, Jayson Tatum tore his Achilles in a 121-113 loss in Game 4. Kristaps Porzingis played through an illness throughout the series.

When star Boston Celtics forward Jayson Tatum went down with an Achilles tendon tear in Game 4 of the Celtics 2025 NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals second round series with the New York Knicks, fellow star on the wing Jaylen Brown shared that he and his teammates refused to give up in Game 5.