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Boston Celtics is on the verge of elimination after what should have been an easy series for them.
Celtics has beaten two 20-point leads and another 14-point lead and tracks their second round playoff series 3-1 to New York Knicks.
Celtics also lost Jayson Tatum to a torn Achilles in the final minutes of Game 4.
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Dave Portnoy and Mikal Bridges (Getty Images/Imag)
It’s a bleak sight for Boston, but Barstol -Sport Founder Dave Portnoy, who predicted the series was over after Boston won Game 3, hoping to use his Celtic’s fandom powers for good.
Portnoy said he ran into a Knicks star in a Boston hotel before Game 5 and gave him a message.
“I saw Mikal Bridges at the hotel this morning. I gave him a subtle, ‘Hi, not to break your wrist,'” Portnoy said in his outlets.
Portnoy said it was a “joke.”
“He was a bit like a bar stool guy. He knocked on me and I’m like ‘okay.’ And he’s like, ‘Hello, good to see you,’ Portnoy added.
New York Knick’s spikes Mikal Bridges (25) respond after stripping the ball from Boston Celtics Guard Jaylen Brown to win Game 1 in the second round of 2025 NBA final games in overtime at TD Garden. (David Butler II/Imag images)
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Bridges is one of several “Nova Knicks” that also includes Jalen Brunson and Josh Hart. Villanova Alumnus Donte Divincenzo was traded for Minnesota Timberwolves along with Julius Randle for Karl-Anthony Towns in Offseason. Brunson, Hart, Divincenzo and Bridges all won a national championship with wildcats.
New York came back from 20-point deficits in both Games 1 and 2, which was played in Boston, and Bridges played key roles in both matches. He got the game-winning steal in Game 1 and blocked a potential Summer beat in Game 2.
But Boston would not give up such a lead in Game 3, which made many people wonder if Knicks’ race was a fluke.
In games 4, Knicks pulled back double digits again in the second half, and it didn’t phase them at all. They ended the third quarter of a 30-13 race to take a three-point lead, and another 18-5 race late in the fourth completed the comeback after Tatum was injured.
Trainer helps Boston Celtics’ Jayson Tatum (0) from the field after he was injured in the second half of Game 4 in the eastern conference semi -final against New York Knicks on Monday, May 12, 2025 in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
If New York turns off the reigning Champs, it will be Knicks’ first trip to the Eastern Conference final since 2000.
