The Boston Celtics are in a worst-case scenario. They are down 3-1 to the New York Knicks in the second round of the NBA playoffs, and Jayson Tatum is out for t

The Boston Celtics staved off elimination at TD Garden on Wednesday night, ousting the New York Knicks by 25 points and winning a home contest for the first time in the second-round Eastern Conference series.

Kornett was the presence inside the Celtics have needed Kristaps Porzingis to be this series. Jaylen Brown also had 26 points, 12 assists.

With their postseason on the line, the Boston Celtics showed out in their 127-102 Game 5 win over the New York Knicks to push the Eastern Conference semifinals series to being down just 3-2. And, the Celtics dominated on the court without their star player Jayson Tatum playing,

The Celtics were without Jayson Tatum and written off by some, but that talk is on hold after they controlled Game 5 to extend the series.

The Celtics star appeared to grab Josh Hart’s crotch while trying to get around a pick in the early moments of the second half of the Game 5 matchup at TD Garden on Wednesday night. Hart did not take kindly to the apparent cup-check, shoving Brown in a testy exchange over that resulted in technical fouls for both.

The Boston Celtics looked to be in dire straits heading into Game 5 of the Eastern Conference semifinals versus the New York Knicks. They had lost Game 4 and fell behind 3-1 in the series while also losing star forward Jayson Tatum to a ruptured Achilles late in that contest, and many had written them off.

Jaylen Brown has always been regarded as the wingman to Jayson Tatum, even after winning NBA Finals MVP. Now he has a chance to prove he can do it alone.