Derrick White<\/a> had 34 points, including seven 3-pointers, to lead the Boston Celtics<\/a> to a 127-102<\/a> Game 5 win over the New York Knicks<\/a> on Wednesday night that kept them alive in the Eastern Conference semifinals.<\/p>\n The Celtics connected on 22 3-pointers to post their first home victory of the series and first without Jayson Tatum<\/a> following his season-ending Achilles tendon injury.<\/p>\n The Knicks will try again to win the series Friday in New York. If the Celtics win, Game 7 would be in Boston on Monday.<\/p>\n Jaylen Brown<\/a> added 26 points and 12 assists. Luke Kornet<\/a> finished with 10 points, nine rebounds and seven blocks.<\/p>\n The Celtics are looking to become just the 14th team in NBA history to come back from a 3-1 deficit in 294 attempts.<\/p>\n Josh Hart<\/a> led the Knicks with 24 points despite briefly leaving the game late in the first quarter to close a bloody gash on his face after he took an inadvertent elbow.<\/p>\n Jalen Brunson<\/a> added 22 points before fouling out with 7:19 to play in the game.<\/p>\n Boston trailed by nine points in the first half but closed the third quarter on a 23-9 run and took a 91-76 lead into the fourth. Brunson spent the final 2:45 of the third on the bench after picking up his fifth foul.<\/p>\n The Celtics kept it going in the final period, pushing their lead as high as 28 points.<\/p>\n The game was highly physical throughout and included a brief face-to-face skirmish between Hart and Brown.<\/p>\n That energy carried over offensively. The Celtics came out hot, getting five 3s from White and 12 total in the opening 24 minutes.<\/p>\n But the Knicks held as much as a nine-point lead, connecting on eight 3s of their own and getting 10 second-chance points. Mitchell Robinson<\/a> also converted on all four of his free throw attempts in the first half, nullifying the series-long intentional foul strategy Boston employed on him.<\/p>\n When the half ended, the score was knotted 59-all.<\/p>\n Reporting by The Associated Press.<\/i><\/p>\n
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