Credit them, they played their tails off each and every game, they competed their butts off, but this definitely hurts the most.
Game 7 between the Boston Celtics and the Washington Wizards came down to a fourth quarter push fom the home Celtics as Boston hung on to secure the 115-105 win and advance to the Eastern Conference Finals against Lebron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers.
It may never be repeated, but if the Celtics can see this version of Olynyk against the Cavaliers, then he could make a huge difference in how competitive the series is.
This is Boston's first trip to the conference finals since 2012, the a year ago of an era fueled by Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen.
The Cleveland Cavaliers are heading into their third straight appearance in the Eastern Conference Finals in as many years, and their seventh appearance overall. A $100 bet on the Cavaliers to win the series would now win $14.29. They rallied around Thomas following his sister's sudden death in the first round, coming back from an 0-2 deficit against the Chicago Bulls. Oubre played just six seconds in Game 7, the crowd chanting his name in the final seconds.
Washington Coach Scott Brooks, bleary-eyed though he was, didn't have to work hard to find a silver lining to the Game 7 loss. Al Horford won them the Wizards series. but he is always frightful against the Cavs. They didn't give us a chance when we were down 0-2 in Chicago.
Olynyk finished with more points than everyone not named Thomas or Bradley Beal and he did the other little things that we take for granted with this team.
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Thomas is averaging 25.4 points per game in the postseason, and his teammates have picked him up when he's needed it, too.
Cleveland Cavaliers center Tristan Thompson (13) and guard JR Smith (5) celebrate in the first quarter against the Toronto Raptors in game two of the second round of the 2017 NBA Playoffs at Quicken Loans Arena.
Boston's mettle has been tested.
Check out the top plays from the game, which includes plenty of Brown along with Washington's Bradley Beal and John Wall.
Key Matchup: Al Horford and Kelly Olynyk vs. Kevin Love. We put ourselves in a great opportunity, a great situation.
Boston may be opening a new era of basketball relevance, but the last chapter from the Big Three's story isn't quite complete. They were 1-6 on the road in the NBA Playoffs. This looks like the standard dribble handoff that Boston often runs. That same $100 bet on the Celtics would win $500. The ball went through the net to put the Washington Wizards up 68-64 and Wall would go to the free throw line to try and extend the lead to five over the Boston Celtics.
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