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Jalen Brunson scored 39 points as the New York Knicks beat the Boston Celtics 121-113 to leave the reigning NBA champions on the brink of elimination from the play-offs.<\/b><\/p>\n
The Knicks stormed back from 14 points down in the third quarter to go 3-1 up in the best-of-seven Eastern Conference semi-final and are in sight of the finals for the first time since 2000.<\/p>\n
The Celtics also lost forward Jayson Tatum, who scored 42 points before being carried off in the fourth quarter with what coach Joe Mazzulla described as a “lower body injury”.<\/p>\n
The six-time All Star, who was later seen being taken to the Madison Square Garden locker room in a wheelchair, will have a scan on Tuesday to assess the damage.<\/p>\n
“He’ll get the MRI and we’ll see what it is,” said Mazzulla.<\/p>\n
“Obviously you’re always concerned about someone’s health. It’s two-fold, we’re concerned about his health and where’s he’s at. And then we’re concerned what we’ve got to do better in game five.”<\/p>\n
The Knicks can clinch the series with a win in Boston on Thursday (00:00 BST).<\/p>\n
Boston, who won game three on Saturday, started strongly with Tatum and Payton Pritchard leading the charge.<\/p>\n
A Derrick White three-pointer gave the Celtics their biggest lead of the night early in the third quarter (72-58) but from then on the Knicks took over, taking an 88-85 lead into the final quarter.<\/p>\n
Brunson controlled matters and when OG Anunoby grabbed a steal off Tatum in the incident that left the Celtics star writhing in pain before making a dunk, the Knicks were 118-106 ahead.<\/p>\n
“I was just in a flow and doing whatever. I wasn’t really trying to take over. It was just ‘whatever we’ve gotta do’,” Brunson said.<\/p>\n
“We didn’t quit, kept fighting. And that’s what’s most important. Whenever you get in a hole you can’t quit.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n