Josh Hart suffered a nasty injury early in the New York Knicks' matchup with the Boston Celtics on Wednesday night. Early in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference se

Boston’s third-string center played nearly the entire second half and delivered the most important performance of his winding NBA career. He scored 10 points, grabbed nine rebounds and blocked a career-high seven shots to help lift the Celtics to a 127-102 win over the New York Knicks in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference semifinals.

BOSTON — The Celtics didn’t have Jayson Tatum. The Knicks were missing Karl-Anthony Towns. Game 5’s 127-102 ugly loss to the Celtics produced another no-show until garbage time from the Knicks center, whose impact and aggressiveness in this series remains below his All-Star status.

The Boston Celtics are still alive against the New York Knicks. The Celtics pulled away to win Game 5, 127-102, on Wednesday night without star forward Jayson Tatum. The Knicks still lead the series, 3-2, and will have another chance to move to the Eastern Conference finals in Friday's Game 6.

Josh Hart had to leave the court in the first quarter after his face started pouring with blood, in an unfortunate incident for the New York Knicks star in Game 5