Celtics v Knicks: Josh Hart left bleeding as Boston stave off NBA playoff elimination with Game 5 win

Derrick White has had 34 points, including seven three-pointers, to lead Boston to a 127-102 Game 5 win over New York that kept them alive in the Eastern Conference semi-finals.

The Celtics connected on 22 threes to post their first home victory of the series and first without Jayson Tatum following his season-ending achilles tendon injury.

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The Knicks will try again to win the series on Friday in New York. If the Celtics win, Game 7 would be in Boston on Monday.

Jaylen Brown added 26 points and 12 assists, while Luke Kornet finished with 10 points, nine rebounds and seven blocks on Wednesday night at TD Garden.

The Celtics are looking to become just the 14th team in NBA history to come back from a 3-1 deficit in 294 attempts.

Josh Hart led New York 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.

Jalen Brunson added 22 points before fouling out with 7:19 to play in the game.

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 to the fourth.

The Celtics kept it going in the final period, pushing their lead as high as 28 points.

The game was highly physical throughout and included a brief face-to-face skirmish between Hart and Brown.

That energy carried over offensively. Boston came out hot, getting five triples from White and 12 total in the opening 24 minutes.

But the Knicks held as much as a nine-point lead, connecting on eight threes of their own and getting 10 second-chance points. Mitchell Robinson 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.

When the half ended, the score was knotted 59-59.