NBA playoffs: Celtics sweep Pacers to breeze into next round
- Boston beat Indiana 110-106 to seal 4-0 series win
- Celtics appear to be clicking after uneven regular season
Gordon Hayward scored 20 points and Marcus Morris started a decisive three-point flurry late in the fourth quarter on Sunday to give the Boston Celtics a series-clinching 110-106 victory at Indiana. It was the first four-game sweep for the Celtics since 2011 and their second since 1986-87.
Bojan Bogdanovic finished with 22 points and Tyreke Evans finished with a playoff career-high of 21 to lead the Pacers. It still wasn’t enough to prevent Indiana from enduring their second first-round sweep in three years, the only two best-of-seven sweeps in franchise history.