The Celtics complete the SWEEP and send Kyrie Irving and the Brooklyn Nets packing after a 116-112 win. This was another impressive win headlined in my eyes by the play of Marcus Smart. He did everything tonight. He led the team with 11 assists but also made a lot of the "Marcus Smart DPOY Type Plays" tonight that put this Celtics team in a great position. We saw a lot of great performances throughout the team and Grant was a big piece of that as well providing great defense on Durant and hitting 4-6 from deep.
An underrated part of this victory is the fact that the Celtics needed to perform in the clutch without Jayson Tatum because he fouled out and they managed to pull it out. It's hard to keep this short because of how many great performances so we can leave it there. Everybody on the team contributed to this.
We now look forward to Round 2 likely against the Bucks. Milwaukee will likely be without Khris Middleton for the first 4 games because of his injury and the now the Celtics are fully healthy. The Playoffs are a game of attrition and the Celtics are getting healthy at the right time. This series should be a good one.
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