Celtics blow Game 7 lead, Cavs advance to Finals
A road team finally won a game in the Eastern Conference Finals. As a result, the Cleveland Cavaliers are back in the NBA Finals for a fourth consecutive year.
Cleveland beat the Boston Celtics 87-79 on Sunday night at TD Garden in Boston, snapping the Celtics’ 10-game home winning streak in this postseason.
LeBron James had 35 points, 15 rebounds and nine assists in the win, and is now in the NBA Finals for an astonishing eighth straight season.
“Unbelievable seven game series..” – @KingJames wraps up the 2018 Eastern Conference Finals! #WhateverItTakes #ThisIsWhyWePlay #NBAPostgame pic.twitter.com/tp80bFvxDh
— NBA (@NBA) May 28, 2018
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Boston led by as many as 12 points in the first half but the Cleveland Cavaliers clawed their way back thanks to 19 points and eight rebounds from Jeff Green, making just his second start of the postseason.
Jayson Tatum scored 24 in defeat for the Celtics.
The NBA Finals start on Thursday at either Houston or Golden State. The Rockets and Warriors decide the Western Conference Finals with their own Game 7 on Monday night in Houston.
Cleveland is in the NBA Finals for a fourth consecutive season, and LeBron James is headed to an eighth straight Finals.
