NBA – The #2 seed of the East and defending champion Cleveland Cavaliers will now face the #1 seed Boston Celtics after the later gone through a “do or die” Game 7 against the Washington Wizards at TD Garden in Boston. The Celtics and the Cavaliers is set to face their own best of seven series in the Eastern Conference Finals, fighting for the right to advance in the 2017 NBA Finals.
The Cavaliers holds a 3 – 1 regular season match against the Celtics but the Celtics will have the home court advantage after having the best record in the East. Game 1 of the ECF will start at TD Garden in Boston.
Boston Celtics vs Washington Wizards “Game 7”
In the 1st half of Game 7, both team are not allowing to pull away from each other, keeping the scores close as no team established a double digit lead but the Celtics established the biggest lead of the game with 6 points and mostly leading in the 1st half. While, the Wizards taste their first lead of the game in the dying minutes of the 2nd quarter ending the quarter leading by 2 points 55 – 53.
In the 3rd quarter the game was in tight contention the Wizards mostly leading in the quarter but the Celtics made a 13 – 3 run where 2 back to back 3’s made in the last minute of the quarter to give Celtics a 6 point lead at the end of the 3rd 85 – 79.
In the 4th quarter, the Celtics is now starting to pull away in the game posting the first double digit lead of the game 91 -81 of a free two free throw made by Kelly Olynyk. Isiah Thomas made a 3 point basket to give Celtics their biggest lead of 13 points, 94 – 81 with 10:00 minutes to go in the 4th.
Off a time the Wizards made a 7 – 0 run to cut Celtics lead to 6 points 94 – 88, since then it was exchanging basket for both teams but the Celtics gain the advantage after Kelly Olynyk the hero for Celtics has been hot scoring 26 points from the bench keeping the Wizards away from coming back in the game.
Bradley Beal scores 37 points the only Wizards that keeping their hopes alive while John Wall has been silent missing all his 10 last attempt in the game where it all matters.
The Celtics regain a double digit advantages with 3:25 to go after Olynyk made a 3’s.The Wizards failed to find a way to comeback in the game as the Celtic wins Game 7, 115 – 105.
