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NBA: Celtics puts Cavs to bed, advance to Eastern Conference finals

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Al Horford had 22 points and 15 rebounds as the host Boston Celtics advanced to the Eastern Conference finals by handing the short-handed Cleveland Cavaliers a 113-98 loss in Game 5 of a semifinal series on Wednesday night.

Top-seeded Boston won the best-of-seven series 4-1. The Celtics advanced to the Eastern Conference finals for the third straight season and for the sixth time in the past eight years.Jayson Tatum added 25 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists for Boston. The Celtics led by just three points early in the fourth quarter but extended the lead to 14, 101-87, on a Tatum 3-pointer with 6:45 to play. The Cavaliers didn't threaten after that.

Allen didn't play in the series, and LeVert was coming off a 19-point performance in Game 4.Evan Mobley had a game-high 33 points and seven rebounds for the fourth-seeded Cavaliers. He made 15 of his 24 field-goal attempts.Cleveland received a season-high 25 points from Marcus Morris Sr., who made 5 of 6 3-point attempts.It was 28-28 after one quarter.

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