The Boston Celtics let the New York Knicks run away with a critical Game 4 victory in Madison Square Garden late last night, putting their own title defense in

Charles Barkley knows who Jayson Tatum's first call should be when it comes to rehabbing a ruptured Achilles tendon.

After taking a double-digit lead for the fourth straight game, Jayson Tatum and the Boston Celtics once again let it slip, dropping Game 4 and falling behind 3-1 in the second-round series. But that’s the least of Boston’s concerns, and NBA on TNT's Charles Barkley knows it.

Jayson Tatum was helped off the court late in Game 4 after an apparent leg injury on this play. pic.twitter.com/UF8D4mxqlo After the injury, love poured in for Tatum. That started with the Knicks players after the game.

These are the NBA playoffs of survival, where not even the stars are safe. The latest huge blow to this postseason: Jayson Tatum was wheeled off Monday night, with every preliminary indication there being that he won’t be around to finish this season with the defending champion Boston Celtics.

Jayson Tatum’s potentially serious lower left leg injury cast a pall over the second round. Tatum collapsed to the ground in the fourth quarter of the Celtics’ Game 4 loss to the New York Knicks and had to be carried off the court after he was writhing in pain and grabbing at the back of his ankle.

As the final minutes Game 4 played on inside Madison Square Garden, Jayson Tatum sat in a wheelchair, hands over his face, while being wheeled to an area for further evaluation. Not long before,

The New York Knicks are favored to make it to the NBA Finals for the first time since 1999. Oklahoma City remains the overall favorite.