Before the Tatum injury, New York had all but secured a 3-1 series lead, having Boston looking baffled and out of sorts in the clutch each and every time. Whether Boston could've won 3 in a row... possible, but at some point you just gotta acknowledge the reality that BOS may have been the better team through 3 quarters but New York was better after 48 minutes 3x times.
This was the big bad wolf this year and Knicks knocked them out