Days after Jayson Tatum's season-ending injury, the defending champs return to Madison Square Garden where they look to force a Game 7 back in Boston.

Notably, Kristaps Porzingis is not listed on the injury report despite fighting his recent illness. The big man started the Game 5 win over the Knicks, but didn’t play the second half as he watched from the bench. C’s coach Joe Mazzulla explained why Porzingis ended up sitting the rest of the win.

The Boston Celtics championship defense is still alive. 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 Boston Celtics, after entering the NBA season as favorites to repeat as title winners, suffered a brutal injury to their best player. In Game 4 against the New York Knicks, superstar Jayson Tatum went down with an injury, later revealed to be a torn Achilles.

Jayson Tatum's father was in South Korea when he heard the news of the Celtics star's injury. He offered to come home immediately.