Celtics rout 76ers, take 3-1
- The Boston Celtics beat the Philadelphia 76ers 128-96 in Game 4 on Sunday, taking a 3-1 first-round series lead behind another road win. - Payton Pritchard scored 32 points off Boston’s bench and hit six 3-pointers, while Jayson Tatum added 30 points and 11 assists. - Joel Embiid returned from an appendectomy, but Philadelphia now faces elimination in Game 5 on Tuesday. (nba.com)
Boston beat Philadelphia 128-96 in Game 4 on Sunday night, pushing the Celtics to a 3-1 lead in their first-round series. (nba.com) (espn.com) Payton Pritchard led Boston with 32 points off the bench and made six 3-pointers. Jayson Tatum added 30 points and 11 assists. (espn.com) (nba.com) Boston made 24 3-pointers, a franchise playoff record, and its bench outscored Philadelphia’s reserves 57-24. Pritchard alone scored eight more points than the entire 76ers bench. (nba.com) Joel Embiid returned for Philadelphia after missing seven games following an appendectomy, but the 76ers trailed 34-18 after one quarter and never got back into the game. (espn.com) (nba.com) The series has swung hard after Philadelphia’s Game 2 win in Boston tied it 1-1. The Celtics have since taken Games 3 and 4 by a combined 40 points. (nba.com) Through four games, Boston is averaging 114.0 points in the series to Philadelphia’s 99.5. The Celtics also hold the edge in rebounds, 47.3 to 37.3 per game. (nba.com) Game 5 is scheduled for Tuesday, April 28, in Boston, where the Celtics can close out the series and send the 76ers home. (nba.com)
