Can the return of the Hospital Celtics extend the series beyond Game 5 with the TD Garden crowd at their backs?

NBA playoffs picks, predictions, odds, TV channel, how to watch, stream Boston Celtics vs New York Knicks NBA playoff game on Wednesday, May 14.

Shot selection, transition opportunities and the effectiveness of the starting centers figure to be key factors in Game 4 between the Celtics and Knicks.

With the Celtics presumably among those teams, the question then becomes which players will be shipped out or not brought back, and who is presumable safe from the budget cuts? The question comes into even sharper focus given the fact that Boston's two star forwards,

The Boston Celtics let the New York Knicks run away with a critical Game 4 victory in Madison Square Garden late last night, putting their own title defense in

Anthony Edwards and the Minnesota Timberwolves are on the brink of their second straight trip to the Western Conference finals.

The Boston Celtics haven't sent any internal signals about trimming their payroll in future seasons, according to ESPN's Brian Windhorst.