When Jayson Tatum went down with a torn Achilles, the world wrote the Celtics off. Derrick White didn't write back. The Boston guard had 34 points and shot 7-13 from beyond the arc to lead his team to a 127-102 win at TD Garden.

In the team's first game since losing star forward Jayson Tatum, big nights from Jaylen Brown and Derrick White helped steer the team to a 127-102 victory over the New York Knicks and cut the series deficit to 3-2.

The Knicks are headed back to New York — and the Celtics are coming with them. The Knicks blew their first chance to close out the defending champions, with Boston dominating the second half in a 127-102 win in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference semifinals.

Derrick White had 34 points, including seven 3-pointers, to lead the Celtics to a 127-102 Game 5 win over the New York Knicks on Wednesday night that kept them alive in the Eastern Conference semifinals.

White, Jaylen Brown and Luke Kornet did their best to make up for Jayson Tatum's absence and stayed alive in the NBA playoffs

Stephen A. Smith stunned the NBA world this week by weighing in on the Boston Celtics’ uncertain future following Jayson Tatum’s Achilles injury. Despite finishing the regular season with the second-best record in the Eastern Conference,

That's a tad dramatic, but even before Tatum's injury, the Celtics faced challenges with their exorbitant payroll, which exceeds the NBA's second apron and limits roster flexibility. Now, with their franchise cornerstone sidelined for most,

To be precise, from "The Hibachi's" point of view, while the 6'4" guard gets his due credit when the team does well, his subpar showing from playing constant free-flow basketball often goes unnoticed whenever the team falls under pressure.