The Celtics face an elimination game for the first time since the 2023 playoffs as they host the Knicks for Game 5 at home.

Every time Jayson Tatum writhed on the ground in pain, Celtics fans held their breath. “Could this finally be the one?” was the initial thought as Tatum has been an iron man throughout his career.

When Jayson Tatum toppled to the court, writhing in pain and grabbing at his right foot late in the Celtics’ Eastern ...