By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
“I knew it would be a big time game tonight. I knew it wouldn’t be easy at all,” Thomas said. “And we came out on top.”
Led by Olynyk the Celtics got a huge lift from their bench, outscoring their Wizards’ counterparts 48-5. Boston also connected on 11 3-pointers, including 8 of 13 in the second half.
To be exact the only bench player who scored for the Wizards was Croatian Bojan Bogdanovic with 5 points, while Polish big man Marcin Gortat added 6 points and 11 rebounds. It was the end of the season for them, as also for French Ian Mahinmi and Czech Tomas Satoransky.
Boston advances to the Eastern Conference finals, where it will host the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 1 on Wednesday. It’s the Celtics first appearance in the conference finals since 2012.