There was a faint hope that the Boston Celtics, even without All-Star forward Jayson Tatum, could defeat the New York Knicks in Game 6 on Friday at Madison Square Garden and send the Eastern Conference semifinals back home for a Game 7.

Boston Celtics star big man Kristaps Porzingis played limited minutes throughout the team's second-round series with the New York Knicks. He only exceeded 20 minutes once in six games before the Knicks eliminated the Celtics Friday in a dominant 119-81 win.

NEW YORK — Kristaps Porzingis gave the Celtics what he had in their season-ending Game 6 loss to the Knicks on Friday night. However, his production remained hampered yet again by an illness that has impacted him all offseason.