Knicks beat Celtics to take 3-1 series lead; Boston loses Jayson Tatum

Jalen Brunson had 39 points and 12 assists, and the New York Knicks moved away a victory of their first appearance in the East Conference finals in 25 years and pushed the Boston Celtics defender champion at the edge of elimination 4. A 121-113 victory.

The Celtics will have to do the 14th return of the NBA of a 3-1 deficit to extend their reign of the title and may have to do it without the All-Star Jayson Tatum, who was taken out of the court with a right-legged leg with 2:58 remaining.

[Related: Jayson Tatum exits Game 4 loss unable to place weight on right leg]

Mikal Bridges and Karl-Anthony Towns added 23 points and Og Anunoby recovered from two bad performances when scoring 20 for the Knicks, who can win the series on Wednesday night in Boston. If not, they would return to Madison Square Garden to try to do it on Friday night.

Tatum scored 42 points, his maximum in these playoffs, before he hurt when the Celtics turned the ball and appeared while trying to move towards the loose ball.

The Knicks had control tasks just before that in front of a delusional multitude of fans who did not see them play in the conference finals since they lost to Indiana in 2000.

No one has come from 3-1 down since Denver did it twice in 2020 at the Walt Disney World Resort. It has happened when a team had to win a real road game since Cleveland Ralled adapts to Golden State in the 2016 NBA finals.

After leading for at least 20 points in the first three games, but blowing the first two in Boston, the Celtics had another double digit less than five minutes in this game.

They led 62-51 in the midst, but the Knicks played their headlines all the way in a third desperate quarter in which they surpassed the Celtics 37-23 to establish an exciting final period.

The three-point play of Tatum drew it for the last time in 102-there before Anunoby reached a triple and the Knicks then kept it with an explosion of 11-0 that did 116-104.

Derrick White made six 3 clues and scored 23 points for the Celtics. Jaylen Brown was 20.

Associated Press reports.

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