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The Boston Celtics are on the verge of elimination after what should have been an easy series for them.
The Celtics wasted two 20-point tracks and another 14-point lead and followed their 3-1 second round eliminatory series at the New York Knicks.
The Celtics also lost Jayson Tatum against a torn Achilles in the last minutes of match 4.
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Dave Portnoy and Mikal Bridges (Getty Images / Imagn)
It’s a dark perspective for Boston, but the founder of Barstool Sports, Dave Portnoy, who predicted that the series was finished after Boston won match 3, hopes to use his Fandom of Celtics powers for good.
Portnoy said he had run in a Knick star in a Boston hotel before match 5 and gave him a message.
“I saw Mikal Bridges at the hotel this morning. I gave him a subtle,” hey, don’t break your wrist “,” said Portnoy in his outlet.
Portnoy said it was a “joke”.
“He was a bit like a stool guy. And he said:” Hey, delighted to see you, “added Portnoy.
The New York striker Knicks Mikal Bridges (25) reacts after eliminating the Boston Celtics goalkeeper Ballon Jaylen Brown to win match 1 of the second round of the NBA 2025 qualifiers in prolongation at TD Garden. (Images David Butler II / Imagn)
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Bridges is one of the many “Nova Knicks” who also include Jalen Brunson and Josh Hart. The former former Villanova, Donte Divincenzo, was exchanged at the Minnesota Timberwolves, with Julius Randle, for Karl-Anthony Towns during the offseason. Brunson, Hart, Divintzo and Bridges have all won a national championship with the Wildcats.
New York returned from 20 -point deficits in two 1 and 2 games, which were played in Boston, and Bridges played pivotal roles in the two games. He obtained the winning flight of the game in match 1 and blocked a potential buzz in match 2.
But Boston would not abandon such a lead in match 3, which has led a lot to wonder if the Run of the Knicks were a stroke of luck.
In match 4, the Knicks dragged again by two figures in the second half, and that did not phase them at all. They finished the third quarter on a 30-13 race to take a three-point lead, and another 18-5 sequence at the end of the fourth finished the return after Tatum was injured.
The coaches help the Jayson Tatum (0) of the Boston Celtics (0) after being injured in the second half of match 4 in the semi-finals of the eastern conference against the New York Knicks on Monday May 12, 2025 in New York. (AP photo / Frank Franklin II)
If New York has eliminated the reigning champions, it will be the first trip of the Knicks to the final of the Eastern Conference since 2000.
