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Sporting News on MSNCeltics’ Luke Kornet makes Kristaps Porzingis irrelevant with shot-blocking masterpieceThe Celtics were facing a win-or-go-home clash without Jayson Tatum. They also haven’t had a full-strength Kristaps Porzingis for essentially the whole series. Porzingis was replaced by Kornet to start the second half of Game 5. The Celtics didn’t need him (Porzingis played just 12 minutes). Kornet was that good.
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Jayson Tatum had just been carried off the court with a season-ending injury minutes before the Celtics were pushed to the brink of elimination when they played at Madison Square Garden earlier this week.
New York Knicks guard Josh Hart has always a carried a reputation for high-motor, physical play. He showed how far he's willing to go in Game 5 against the Boston Celtics at the TD Garden. Play was stopped in the first quarter Wednesday after a driving Hart took a hard elbow to the face from Celtics big man Luke Kornet.