Derrick White scored a game-high 34 points and the Boston Celtics extended their season by beating the visiting New York Knicks 127-102 on Wednesday in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference semifinals. The Knicks lead the best-of-seven series 3-2 heading into Friday's Game 6 in New York.

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 New York Knicks face the Boston Celtics in Game 5 with a chance to advance to the Eastern Conference finals.

You can use Caesars Sportsbook promo code POSTBETDYW , which allows bettors to snag an awesome sign-up offer, to make your pick for this game. If you bet at least $1, you receive 10 100 percent profit boost tokens. Tatum averaged 26.8 points per game during the regular season and was at 25 per contest in this series before getting hurt.

Perkins has long been touting the Thunder as the best team in the NBA, and after their dominating regular season, it's hard to argue with that. However, the Knicks, compared to OKC at least, have cruised through the postseason and are poised to have plenty of rest before the Conference Finals kick off.

The Knicks haven’t made it out of the second round yet, haven’t knocked out the champs even though the champs were ready to go even before Jayson Tatum is the one who went down. But there is a