Celtics 'Ready to Respond' After Cavs' Decisive, Series-Tying Victory

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The Cavaliers dominated the Celtics on their home floor, tying this Eastern Conference Semifinals series with a 118-94 win on Thursday. As Boston readies for Game 3 on Saturday in Cleveland, the Celtics take comfort in their track record of bouncing back.

The Cleveland Cavaliers were able to punch back on the Boston Celtics, cruising in Game 2, 118-94, to even the series 1-1.

Boston started the game with a 14-5 lead before letting the Cavs swing momentum with a 25-7 run of their own and never looking back. The Celtics were minus-24 as a team and shot just 8-35 from three for 22.9 percent. Cleveland’s length finally wore on Boston in a game in which the Celtics finally seemed to miss Kristaps Porzingis, getting out-rebounded by double-digits and allowing the Cavs to be all over the glass.

Donovan Mitchell was able to maintain his scorching play this postseason with his 29 points, eight assists, and seven rebounds shooting 52.6 percent from the field. It seemed like he scored at least 40, as he was able to take any defender off the dribble hitting the dagger, big shot after big shot from three highlighted by one in the grill of Tatum as the third quarter buzzer sounded.

Joe Mazzulla spoke about the Celtics responding to getting blown out at home on Saturday night for Game 3 in Cleveland. Deficits this substantial have not happened much this year at TD Garden.

 

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