Knicks' Josh Hart Suffers Bloody Cut Over Eye In Team's Loss To Celtics

New York Knicks defender Josh Hart was busted unfastened early successful nan team’s Game 5 nonaccomplishment to nan Boston Celtics connected Wednesday night.

Hart suffered nan wounded precocious successful nan first 4th and had to time off nan game. He had a trim complete his oculus aft taking an elbow to nan face. He needed stitches to adjacent nan gash.

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New York Knicks defender Josh Hart, #3, is bloodied aft taking an elbow to nan oculus successful nan first half during crippled 5 of nan 2nd information for nan 2025 NBA Playoffs against nan Boston Celtics astatine TD Garden successful Boston connected May 14, 2025. (Bob DeChiara-Imagn Images)

Still, Hart led nan Knicks pinch 24 points successful a losing effort.

"Eye’s peachy," Hart told reporters pursuing nan 127-105 loss, via nan New York Post.

It was acold from nan only aggravated incident of nan night. Hart and Jaylen Brown sewage tied up successful nan 3rd 4th and needed to beryllium separated. The 2 sewage into a pushing title aft Brown sewage caught connected a Hart screen.

"It was conscionable 2 guys that are highly competitive," Hart said. "He’s a passionate, competitory player. We were tied astatine halftime, he’s trying to springiness their squad a spark and momentum and nan aforesaid point pinch me."

New York Knicks defender Josh Hart, #3, connected nan crushed during crippled 5 of nan 2nd information for nan 2025 NBA Playoffs against nan Boston Celtics astatine TD Garden successful Boston connected May 14, 2025. (Bob DeChiara-Imagn Images)

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Hart and Brown appeared to fto cooler heads prevail aft nan game.

Brown had 26 points and 12 assists arsenic he stepped up successful a immense measurement to propulsion to wrong 1 crippled of tying nan series. He needed to carnivore nan brunt of nan work of getting Boston backmost into nan bid pursuing Jayson Tatum’s devastating injury. 

"We did what was basal to do what we needed to do to get it backmost to New York," Celtics caput coach Joe Mazzulla said. "You don’t get to prime nan trial that you have, you prime really you respond to them."

New York Knicks defender Josh Hart, #3, drives to nan handbasket against Boston Celtics halfway Luke Kornet, #40, during nan 2nd half of Game 5 of an NBA hoops second-round playoff bid connected Wednesday, May 14, 2025 successful Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Derrick White led Boston pinch 34 points, nailing 7 3-pointers.

"Losing JT is tough," White said. "But we’ve sewage a batch of guys that are highly competitive, and we didn’t want nan play to extremity tonight."

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Game 6 is backmost successful New York connected Friday night.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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