"Losing to the Knicks feels like death," Jaylen Brown said. "But I was always taught that there’s life after death."

The Celtics lacked urgency in do-or-die Game 6 against the Knicks, and didn't play with the same killer edge as last year's championship team.

The New York Knicks are headed to the Eastern Conference Finals for the first time since the 1999-00 campaign. Once Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum suffered a devastating torn Achilles injury at the end of Game 4,