The Knicks pushed the Celtics to the brink of elimination on Monday, but much of the conversation after Game 4 of the Eastern semifinals centered around Jayson Tatum's injury.

How does this impact Boston's postseason hopes? More importantly, what does it do to the team's contention window in the short and medium term?

All eyes will be on TD Garden tonight as the Jayson Tatum-less Celtics look to avoid being eliminated from their second-round matchup against the Knicks.

The Celtics will lose Tatum's prolific production of 25.0 points, 11.8 rebounds and 5.5 assists per game in their semifinals matchup against the Knicks. The team, however, has enough depth to fill in the gaps with Jaylen Brown, Derrick White, Kristaps Porzingis, Jrue Holiday, Payton Pritchard and Al Horford.

The Boston Celtics lost Game 4 and saw Jayson Tatum suffer a potentially serious injury on Monday night against the New York Knicks. The Knicks won 121-113 thanks to a strong second half and erased another large deficit,

The Boston Celtics have had some injury concerns throughout the playoffs, and that is no different entering Game 4 against the New York Knicks.

Jayson Tatum's Achilles injury could be franchise altering for the Boston Celtics. Tatum underwent surgery on Tuesday and could be out all of next season. That will force new Celtics owner Bill Chisholm to decide if he wants to pay an astronomical luxury tax bill for a team that may not contend,