Basketball

BOSTON (AP) — Derrick White had 34 points, including seven 3-pointers, to lead the Boston Celtics to a 127-102 Game 5 win over the New York Knicks on Wednesday night that kept them alive in the Eastern Conference semifinals.

BOSTON (AP) — Before the Boston Celtics took the floor without their biggest star on a night they had to win, Joe Mazzulla implored his players to just pour everything they had into winning one game.

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona forward Carter Bryant will remain in the NBA draft , where he could be a lottery pick. Bryant told ESPN on Wednesday he's “completely in" on the draft process following workouts at the NBA draft combine.

INDEPENDENCE, Ohio (AP) — Donovan Mitchell and the Cleveland Cavaliers won 64 games during the regular season, captured the top seed in the Eastern Conference and had two winning streaks of at least 15 games.

CHICAGO (AP) — Ace Bailey and Dylan Harper have some explaining to do. Though the dynamic duo from Rutgers could be the next two players selected assuming the lottery-winning Dallas Mavericks grab Duke star Cooper Flagg with the No.

DENVER (AP) — Jamal Murray didn't quite guarantee a Game 7. He alluded to it, though, in between sips of his blueberry-colored postgame recovery smoothie. “Very confident,” the Denver Nuggets guard said of a return to Oklahoma City.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Nike co-founder Phil Knight said Wednesday he is not interested in buying the Portland Trail Blazers, who are up for sale. Paul Allen’s estate said Tuesday it has begun the process of finding a new owner for the team.

NEW YORK (AP) — Golden State Warriors star Draymond Green has been fined $50,000 by the NBA for making an “inappropriate comment" to the officials during Game 3 of their second-round playoff series against Minnesota.

CHICAGO (AP) — The town of Newport, Maine, has a population of about 3,200 people. There's a bowling alley, a popular local diner that serves breakfast all day, a hunting club and it costs only $6 to license your dog.

Breanna Stewart will start her ninth WNBA season in a few days. The New York Liberty All-Star and WNBA champ has been around the league long enough to watch her peers fight for visibility.