The Boston Celtics’ Game 4 loss experienced the finishing touches of Jayson Tatum‘s tragic injury. With one game away from elimination at the hands of the New York Knicks, it would be hard-pressed to find any optimism in a direction where the Celtics can recover.

Julius Randle had a triple-double with 24 points, 12 assists and 10 rebounds. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The Boston Celtics secured their first win of the Eastern Conference semifinals and the Minnesota Timberwolves took a second-round series lead during Saturday night 2025 NBA playoffs action. The Celtics routed the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden to cut the Knicks' series lead to 2-1.

With the Warriors down by 21 points and with just under four minutes left in the fourth quarter, Golden State head coach Steve Kerr decided to pull his key players from the floor, including Jimmy Butler and Draymond Green, and send some of the bench guys to the court to finish the contest, as noted by Jack Borman of “Locked On Sports Minnesota.”

Jalen Brunson on Monday scored 39 points as the New York Knicks pushed the Boston Celtics to the brink of elimination from the playoffs while the Golden State Warriors were also left facing an early exit after a damaging defeat to the Minnesota Timberwolves.

Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James offered prayers for Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum after suffering a leg injury.

Both the Warriors and Celtics are 3-1 down in their respective NBA Conference semi-finals. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The Golden State Warriors host the Minnesota Timberwolves for Game 4 of their second round NBA Playoffs series on Monday, May 12.

The Celtics have all but confirmed that they will make some moves to save money on what would otherwise be a historically large payroll and tax bill for the 2025-26 NBA season, with former majority owner and now Boston CEO Wyc Grousbeck letting it be known to the local media that he does not believe ANY team will remain in the new collective bargaining agreement (CBA)'s second apron for more than two seasons.