Can the return of the Hospital Celtics extend the series beyond Game 5 with the TD Garden crowd at their backs?

The Knicks are one win away from a trip to the Eastern Conference finals leading the Celtics 3-1 in the conference semis, which now shifts back to Boston for a pivotal game 5. The Celtics will try to keep their hopes for a repeat championship alive after losing Jayson Tatum to a ruptured Achilles.

On Wednesday, May 14, the New York Knicks (51-31) and Boston Celtics (61-21) are all set to square off from TD Garden in Boston for Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals.

The playoff hopes of the defending NBA champions were already teetering when Jaylen Brown, of the Boston Celtics, lost the basketball with just over three minutes remaining in Game 4 of the NBA’s Eastern Conference Semifinals at New York’s Madison Square Garden.

Advertisement These were not the Knicks — and not the Towns — that occasionally shook up coverages throughout the regular season but never went to this one so consistently, one that places the All-Star 7-footer front and center against perilous creators.

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The Boston Celtics and New York Knicks will meet for a Game 4 Eastern Conference semifinals matchup tonight in New York City.

Can the Knicks take a 3-1 series lead or will the Celtics pull even on the road? Here's how to watch this pivotal Game 4.

Anthony Edwards and the Minnesota Timberwolves are on the brink of their second straight trip to the Western Conference finals