Josh Hart paid the price as he drove to the basket late in the first quarter of Game 5 on Wednesday night.

The Knicks star took it to the hoop with 3:30 left in the opening frame and was hit near the left eyebrow by the Celtics’ Luke Kornet, who was defending in the paint.

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<div class="embed-wrapper twitter"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Josh Hart GUSHING blood after an elbow to the face!!<br> <a href="https://t.co/2lrnqvw6gs">pic.twitter.com/2lrnqvw6gs</a></p>— KnicksFanNews (@KnicksFanNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/KnicksFanNews/status/1922795508575154333?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 14, 2025</a></blockquote></div>
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<figcaption>Josh Hart was bloodied in the first quarter of Game 5.</figcaption>

Hart immediately went down as blood fell from his face and onto his white Knicks uniform. 

He was attended to on the bench, getting a bandage over his eyebrow before he went to the free throw line and hit both attempts.

Josh Hart paid the price as he drove to the net late in the first quarter of Game 5.{ai:summary}<p>Josh Hart suffered a facial injury during Game 5 against the Celtics, resulting in a bloody scene after a collision with Luke Kornet. Despite the injury, Hart received treatment and successfully made both free throws following the incident. </p><p>#sports</p>

Knicks’ Josh Hart bloodied after getting hit with elbow in scary moment

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