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New York Knicks goalkeeper Josh Hart was opened at the start of team 5 match against Boston Celtics on Wednesday evening.
Hart suffered the injury at the end of the first quarter and had to leave the match. He had a cut on his eye after taking a face in the face. He needed points to close the entrance.
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New York Knicks goalkeeper Josh Hart, n ° 3, is bloodied after attracting a first half’s eyes in the five-round game for the NBA 2025 qualifiers against the Boston Celtics at TD Garden in Boston on May 14, 2025. (Images Bob Dechiara-Imagn)
However, Hart led the Knicks with 24 points in a losing effort.
“Eye’s Peachy,” said Hart to journalists after the loss of 127-105, via the New York Post.
It was far from the only intense night incident. Hart and Jaylen Brown were linked to the third quarter and were to be separated. The two entered a push competition after Brown caught up on a Hart screen.
“These are only two guys who are extremely competitive,” said Hart. “He is a passionate and competitive player. We were at halftime, he tries to give their team a spark and a momentum and the same with me.”
The New York Knicks goalkeeper Josh Hart, n ° 3, on the field in the five game of the second round for the NBA 2025 qualifiers against the Boston Celtics at TD Garden in Boston on May 14, 2025. (Images Bob Dechiara-Imagn)
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Hart and Brown seemed to let the fresher heads prevail after the match.
Brown collected 26 points and 12 assists when he intensified a huge way to stop in a match equally of the series. He needed to endure the responsibility to bring Boston back to the series after the devastating injury of Jayson Tatum.
“We did what was necessary to do what we had to do to bring him back to New York,” said Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla. “You cannot choose the test you have, you choose how you answer it.”
New York Knicks goalkeeper Josh Hart goes to the basket against the Boston Celtics center, Luke Kornet, No. 40, in the second half of match 5 in a series of NBA basketball playoffs on Wednesday, May 14, 2025 in Boston. (AP photo / Charles Krupa)
Derrick White led Boston with 34 points, nailing seven 3 points.
“Losing JT is difficult,” said White. “But we have a lot of very competitive guys, and we didn’t want the season to end tonight.”
Match 6 is back in New York on Friday evening.
