Knicks take a 3-1 lead over the Celtics with a 121-113 victory as Tatum is injured in final minutes

NEW YORK AP Jalen Brunson had points and assists and the New York Knicks moved a win away from their first Eastern Conference finals appearance in years and pushed the defending champion Boston Celtics to the brink of elimination with a - triumph Monday night in Competition The Celtics will have to make the NBA s th comeback from a - deficit to extend their title reign and may have to do it without All-Star Jayson Tatum who was carried off the court with a right leg injury with left Mikal Bridges and Karl-Anthony Towns each added points and OG Anunoby bounced back from two poor performances by scoring for the Knicks who can win the series Wednesday night at Boston If not they would come back to Madison Square Garden to try to do it Friday night Tatum scored points his high in these playoffs before he was hurt when the Celtics turned the ball over and his leg gave out as he tried to lunge forward toward the loose ball The Knicks had taken control just before that in front of a delirious crowd of fans who haven t seen them play in the conference finals since they lost to Indiana in Nobody has come from - down since Denver did it twice in at the Walt Disney World resort It hasn t happened when a organization had to win a true road encounter since Cleveland rallied past Golden State in the NBA Finals