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Tatum notches 33 as Celtics beat Cavs to take 3-1 series lead
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Boston defeated the short-handed Cavaliers 109-102.

Jayson Tatum notched 33 points with LeBron James sitting at the courtside, and the Boston Celtics won against the severely short-handed Cleveland Cavaliers 109-102 in Game 4 at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland, OH, to take a 3-1 lead in their Eastern Conference ½ finals matchup.

Jaylen Brown finished with 27 points for Boston, who can close out the Cavaliers with a victory in Game 5 on Wednesday at TD Garden.

The Cavaliers got pushed to the brink of elimination with 2 top basketballers sidelined as Donovan Mitchell (calf) and Jarrett Allen (ribs) missed the match with injuries.

It was nothing new to Cleveland that dealt with problems all campaign, but it was a very tough task for the team to try and survive without Donovan, their All-Star guard who has carried the offensive since the beginning of the playoffs, or Jarrett, their leading rebounder.

Jayson had his 2nd consecutive strong match, finishing also with 11 boards and 5 assists. Jrue Holiday scored 16 points for Celtics.

Darius Garland notched 30 points for Cleveland as Evan Mobley and Caris LeVert each finished with 19 points.