Tip Ins

Game 5:

Celtics 92, Knicks 86

Knicks lead series, 3-2

HERO

Kevin Garnett delivered a superb performance, racking up 16 points, 18 rebounds, five assists and two blocks. The Celtics star also drilled the game's biggest shot, a jumper with 48.3 seconds left that gave the Celtics a seven-point lead and fended off a Knicks comeback.

ZERO

J.R. Smith returned from his one-game suspension and proceeded to shoot a miserable 3-for-14. Smith started the game 0-for-10, got called for a technical and was outplayed by rival Jason Terry.

KEY PLAY

With the Knicks having cut Boston's 15-point lead to five in the closing minutes, Garnett's mid-range jumper put the Celts up 90-83, with 48.3 seconds left. That essentially ended things.

KEY STAT

0-for-5 Carmelo Anthony's shooting from 3-point range. He was 8-for-24 from the field overall, scoring 22.

QUOTE OF THE NIGHT

'We were going to a funeral, but it looks like we got buried.' J.R. Smith, on the Knicks wearing all black to represent the Celtics' anticipated Game 5 "funeral"

Series glance

Game 1: Knicks 85, Celtics 78

Game 2: Knicks 87, Celtics 71

Game 3: Knicks 90, Celtics 76

Game 4: Celtics 97, Knicks 90 (OT)

Game 5: Celtics 92, Knicks 86

Tomorrow, 7 p.m.: at Boston, MSG, ESPN

x-Sunday, 1 or 3:30 p.m.: at New York, ABC

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