After their title defense stalled out in the second round, big changes could be coming for the Celtics this offseason.

Los Angeles Lakers legend Magic Johnson congratulated the New York Knicks for beating the Boston Celtics and advancing.

The New York Knicks flattened the Celtics, 119-81, in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference semifinals and sent the Celtics home for the summer. It will be a pivotal summer for Boston, as it may have to jettison at least one of its key players to gain at least a bit of salary-cap flexibility.

All that walking has Paul Pierce in hater mode. The former Celtics legend, who had to embark on an eight-mile, 20-hour walking trip to the FS1 studios in Los Angeles after the Knicks shockingly won Game 2 in Boston,

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.

The final four is set in the 2025 NBA playoff bracket. The Oklahoma City Thunder eliminated the Denver Nuggets on Sunday in Game 7 of their second-round matchup to advance to the Western Conference finals.

After a Friday night beatdown loss against the Knicks, the Celtics became the latest defending NBA champions to lose in the second round of the playoffs or prior.