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New York Knicks Guard Josh Hart was opened early in the team’s game 5 tab to Boston Celtics Wednesday night.
Hart suffered the damage late in the first quarter and had to leave the game. He got a cut over his eye after taking an elbow in his face. He needed stitches to close the gash.
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New York Knicks Guard Josh Hart, No. 3, is bloody after taking an elbow with the eye in the first half during match five of the second round for 2025 NBA playing game against Boston Celtics at TD Garden in Boston on May 14, 2025. (Bob Dechiara-prescribed images)
Still, Hart Knicks led with 24 points in a losing effort.
“Eye’s Peachy,” Hart told journalists after the loss 127-105 via the New York Post.
It was far from the only intense incident at night. Hart and Jaylen Brown were tied in the third quarter and had to be separated. The two came in a push -competition after Brown was caught on a Hart screen.
“Only two guys are extremely competitive,” Hart said. “He is a passionate, competitive player. We were tied up at the break, he is trying to give their team a spark and momentum and the same with me.”
New York Knicks Guard Josh Hart, No. 3, on Earth during match five of the second round for 2025 NBA endgamn against Boston Celtics at TD Garden in Boston on May 14, 2025. (Bob Dechiara-prescribed images)
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Hart and Brown seemed to let cooler heads win after the game.
Brown had 26 points and 12 assists as he stepped up in a huge way to pull to within a game of tying the series. He had to carry the head of the responsibility of getting Boston back in the series after Jayson Tatum’s devastating damage.
“We did what was needed to do what we needed to do to get it back to New York,” said Celtic’s head coach Joe Mazzulla. “You don’t get to choose the test you have, you choose how to respond to them.”
New York Knicks Guard Josh Hart, No. 3, drives to the basket against Boston Celtics Center Luke Kornet, #40, during the second half of Game 5 in an NBA basketball-other round endgame series on Wednesday, May 14, 2025 in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Derrick White led Boston with 34 points and spiked seven 3-Pointers.
“Losing JT is tough,” White said. “But we have a lot of guys who are very competitive and we didn’t want the season to end tonight.”
Game 6 is back in New York Friday night.
