The Boston Celtics are within the second spherical of the playoffs. After a 120-89 victory over the Orlando Magic on Tuesday evening, Boston is shifting onto the Jap Convention semifinals for the eighth time in 9 seasons.
Whereas the Celtics made fast work of the Magic in 5 video games, Orlando put up a robust battle, because the Paolo Banchero-led squad held up on protection and bogged the Celtics down into low-scoring video games. After averaging 120.6 factors per recreation within the common season, the Magic held the Celtics to 103 per contest on this collection.
Recreation 5 was very like the earlier contests on this collection, with the Magic holding their very own on protection however contributing little or no on the offensive finish. Orlando’s protection held up within the first half, however Boston caught hearth within the latter half of the sport. The Celtics missed their first seven makes an attempt kind three-point vary however proceeded to go 13-of-17 for the remainder of the sport.
Jayson Tatum led all scorers with 35 factors, to go together with a near-triple-double of 10 assists and eight rebounds. This marked his third consecutive recreation placing up a minimum of 35 factors, joining Larry Chicken as the one Celtics to do that within the playoffs. In Tatum’s three video games since getting back from a wrist harm he suffered in Recreation 1, the Celtics star has averaged 36/10.3/5.7 all while shooting 44% from three-point range.
