Celtics pull away late in fourth to sweep Nets
The Boston Celtics have swept the Brooklyn Nets with a 116-112 Game 4 victory to close out their first round playoff series.
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After meeting with Brooklyn Nets, mental health remains focus of Ben Simmons return, sources say
In a meeting with Brooklyn Nets leadership on Monday afternoon, Ben Simmons and Klutch Sports CEO Rich Paul met on the physical and mental hurdles remaining on the All-Star's pursuit of a return to play, a discussion that made clear to the participants a need to keep addressing the mental side of that process, sources told ESPN.
The good, the bad and the ugly through two weekends of NBA playoffs
Monday marks 10 days of NBA playoff games, and as it always seems to the NBA playoffs are living up to the hype.
Celtics push Nets to brink, Mavs and T-Wolves pull level in NBA playoffs
Jayson Tatum scored 39 points to lead the Celtics in a 109-103 victory over the Nets in Brooklyn that pushed their lead in the NBA Eastern Conference first-round series to 3-0. No NBA team has come back from a 3-0 deficit to win a best-of-seven series, and the Celtics will try to wrap this one up on the Nets' home floor on Monday. "It's about our character now," Nets coach Steve Nash said.
NBA roundup: Jazz edge Mavericks to tie playoff series
Rudy Gobert made a key rebound and an even bigger dunk with 11 seconds remaining to boost the Utah Jazz to a series-tying 100-99 win over the Dallas Mavericks on Saturday afternoon in Salt Lake City.
Tatum, Brown lead Celtics to 109-103 win, 3-0 lead over Nets
NEW YORK (AP) — The stoppers are suffocating the scorers.
Los Celtics preparan las escobas
Escobas preparadas: el experimento/megaproyecto/entidad abstracta/colectivo deportivo-social-espiritual de Brooklyn Nets puede acabar mañana con barrida: flus, flus. Los Celtics dominan 3-0 una serie que con optimismo se podía esperar legendaria… y con realismo se podía imaginar exactamente así antes del primer partido. Una diferencia brutal entre quien respeta el juego y actúa con seriedad y quien se salta todas las normas y no se toma en serio ni a sí mismo, ni a sus rivales ni a la competición.
Tatum, Brown lead Celtics to win, 3-0 lead over Nets
NEW YORK (AP) — Jayson Tatum scored 39 points, Jaylen Brown had 23 and the Boston Celtics took a 3-0 lead over the Brooklyn Nets with a 109-103 victory Saturday night.