Maybe it all ends Friday night. Or maybe the Celtics have another win in them. Maybe another two, and maybe, if they can somehow cook up a little nobody-believed-in-us magic, even more beyond.
No matter how the postseason’s remaining scenes play out for the Celtics as they play on without superstar Jayson Tatum, I’m grateful — yes, that is the right word, grateful — that they kept their season alive Wednesday night with a stellar and resilient performance in Game 5 of their second-round series with the Knicks.
The Celtics’ realistic quest to repeat as NBA champions was altered with staggering, stunning abruptness with 2:58 remaining in Game 4, when Tatum … well, no frame-by-frame rehash is really necessary here, is it?