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Towns and the Knicks will now head back to Boston for Game 5 on Wednesday night as they look to close out the series against the Celtics, who will likely be without their star forward Jayson Tatum after he suffered a non-contact injury late in the fourth quarter of Game 4.

SportsLine's model simulated Boston Celtics vs. New York Knicks 10,000 times and revealed its NBA picks for Saturday's Game 3 Eastern Conference semifinal matchup

Monday night, the Knicks will have to be considerably better — better defending the 3-point shot, better on the glass, better on the offensive end.

The Knicks pushed the Celtics to the brink of elimination on Monday, but much of the conversation after Game 4 of the Eastern semifinals centered around Jayson Tatum's injury.

The New York Knicks are one game away from their first Eastern Conference Finals appearance since 2000, thanks in large part to the fourth-quarter heroics of star guard Jalen Brunson . The winner of the 2025 Clutch Player of the Year award for his regular season efforts in crunch time has managed to up his game this postseason to help lead the Knicks to a 3-1 series lead over the Boston Celtics.