NBA Playoffs Live Blog: New York Knicks vs. Boston Celtics (4/28/13) – Game 4

Welcome to Hoopshabit.com’s NBA Playoffs live blog of Game 4 of the Boston Celtics and the New York Knicks from TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts! The tip is scheduled for 10 a.m. Pacific with the blog starting around 9:45 a.m.

The Knicks look to sweep the offensively challenged Celtics with consecutive wins on the road in front of an emotional Boston crowd but will have to do it without J.R. Smith, who will be serving a one-game suspension for a blatant elbow he threw into Jason Terry in Game 3. The Celtics haven’t lost in the first round since 2005 and haven’t lost in the first round since 2004. Boston also hasn’t broken 80 points in any of the three games of this series, leaving us to wonder: Can the Celts score enough points to make the Knicks miss Smith? Tune in at 10 a.m. Pacific to find out!