Celtics Avoid Elimination With Game 5 Blowout Over Knicks

The Boston Celtics dominated the New York Knicks 127-102 in Game 5 of their second-round series to avoid elimination and force a Game 6. Despite missing Jayson Tatum due to the torn Achilles tendon he suffered in Game 4, Derrick White and the Celtics looked unstoppable in the second half of Wednesday’s battle.