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May 12, 2025; New York, New York, USA; New York further extended the ball race of OG Anunobi (8), as Boston Celtics Forward Jason Tatam (0) reacts to a second half injury during the second round game for the 2025 NBA playoffs at Madison Square Garden. Compulsory Credit: Vincent Carchiata-Imgon images

If Boston Celtics expanded his season by visiting New York Nix in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Semifinal on Wednesday night, he would do this without a leading scorer Jason Tatam.

The 27-year-old Tatam faced a broken Achils tendon in the last minutes of New York’s 121–113 victory in Game 4 on Monday night. He underwent surgery on Tuesday and recall the remaining playoffs.

Celtics stated that surgery was a success, but the length of the recovery process is not clear. Some reports states that Tatam may also remember the entire 2025-26 season.

“Get ready for the next one,” Jelane Brown said. “Get ready to fight. Get ready to come out on the floor of our house and do what we need to do. This is the goal. Still the goal. We have become enough in the locker room, so I believe my friends.”

The series of niches has a 3–1 lead and can end Boston’s season with a win on Wednesday. The victory will also put New York in the final of the Eastern Conference for the first time in 25 years.

Jalen Brunson had 39 points and 12 for assistance to help remove the loss of 14 points in the game 4. He has scored 30.2 points in 34 career playoff games with New York.

“We have a great opportunity,” said Brunson. “We are playing a very good team, and I don’t think we are still playing our best basketball. We have a team that is quite new this year and we still have a long way to be the best that we can be. We have always time to learn. We’ve got to ensure that we are satisfied anytime and that student has a mentality.”

Tatam scored 42 points in Game 4, as well as eight rebounds, four aids, four thefts and two blocks, before it fell away from the floor with 2:58. He scored 26.8 points per game during a regular session.

Boston’s coach Joe Mazullah said, “Obviously you are always concerned about someone’s health, so it’s two times.” “We are worried about his health, where he is, and then we are worried about what we have to do for Game 5 when we come back to Boston.”

Celtics made a record of 9–2 in the game this season this season, which he played without Tatam. This includes a 109–100 win over Orlando in the first round. Tatam excluded the game with a wrist injury.

Boston’s Crystaps Porzingis said, “This is a part of this game, part of this game, and we feel for him.” “But we have to move forward. He doesn’t want us to be unhappy and not play our best basketball. So we are going out of there and will leave it out of there and live with results.”

Will demand its third win in Boston during the New York series. Nix took a 2–0 series lead with a road win before dividing two matches in New York. This Postsen is a Noured 5-0 on the road.

“He is a team special,” according to the New York Daily News, the Nax Center Carl-Antony Town said about Boston. “They are defending the champion. It takes a whole team to defeat them.”

The towns have double-dabbles in six straight games for the first-round series of Nix against Detroit and the Boston series has 19.8 points and 14.0 rebound average.

-Bield level media

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