Knicks keep heat on Celtics, Raptors level with Hawks

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Knicks keep heat on Celtics, Raptors level with Hawks

By Murray Wenzel

Josh Hart and Jalen Brunson have powered the New York Knicks to a sixth straight home win and kept the heat on the visiting Boston Celtics entering the final days of the NBA’s regular season.

The Knicks won 112-106 on Thursday night (Friday AEST) behind Hart’s 26 points and Brunson’s 25 points and 10 assists, the Celtics getting within three in the final 35 seconds before Hart’s fifth triple.

With two regular-season games to play, New York (52-28) can still catch Boston (54-26) and finish as high as second in the Eastern Conference standings.

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