Heading into their Eastern Conference semifinal matchup with the New York Knicks, the reigning NBA champion Boston Celtics were favored to make it to their fourth straight conference final. Boston dropped Game 2 by a single point before rebounding with a dominant 115-93 Game 3 win,

SportsLine's model simulated New York vs. Boston 10,000 times and revealed its NBA picks for Wednesday's Game 5 Eastern Conference semifinal matchup, as the Celtics will be without leading scorer Jays

The Boston Celtics host the New York Knicks for Game 5 of their second round NBA Playoffs series on Wednesday, May 14.

Things are going very well for the New York Knicks at the moment, perhaps better than they could have ever imagined. They are up 3-1 against the defending champ

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New York Knicks' Josh Hart receives a unique award from the NBA during their playoff series against the Boston Celtics.

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.

Boston bounced back in a big way with a Game 3 blowout. Can they even the series with Monday's game at Madison Square Garden? You can watch on ESPN.