NBA playoffs: Celtics take 3-1 lead, Thunder level series with Mavericks
Al Jazeera
Celtics surged ahead of the Cavs with a 109-102 win as LeBron James watched on at his old stomping ground.
Jayson Tatum tossed in a game-high 33 points and Jaylen Brown finished with 27 as the visiting Boston Celtics beat the undermanned Cleveland Cavaliers 109-102 in Game 4 of the NBA Eastern Conference semifinals.
The victory on Monday gives the Celtics a 3-1 edge in the best-of-seven series. The teams will play Game 5 on Wednesday in Boston.
“I thought both teams played really hard,” Boston coach Joe Mazzulla said.
“I just thought you have to make plays down the stretch. So they made a tonne of plays and put a tonne of pressure on us, and we made a tonne of plays. I thought both teams brought it.
“Everybody talks about clutch offence, I thought our clutch defence was good. We got stops when we needed to. … We executed our late-game defence. That’s just as important as the offence.”
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