They will meet the Philadelphia 76ers, with Game 1 in Boston on Monday night. Playing in their NBA-record 31st Game 7, the Celtics improved to 20-4 at home and 23-8 overall in best-of-seven clinchers. It was the second Game 7 at the TD Garden this week, with the Boston Bruins beating the Toronto Maple Leafs on Wednesday night to advance in the NHL playoffs. Horford had 14 points and seven rebounds at the break, and Bledsoe had 12 points for the Bucks. Milwaukee cut the deficit to three points early in the third but Boston scored 11 of the last 15 points in the quarter.

Source: thestar April 29, 2018 03:11 UTC