{"id":483585,"date":"2024-05-28T02:13:17","date_gmt":"2024-05-28T06:13:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=483585"},"modified":"2024-05-28T11:32:11","modified_gmt":"2024-05-28T15:32:11","slug":"celtics-grabs-game-4-sweeps-pacers-and-punches-final-tickets","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/celtics-grabs-game-4-sweeps-pacers-and-punches-final-tickets\/","title":{"rendered":"Celtics grab Game 4, sweep Pacers and punch Final tickets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Derrick White, who had been struggling from beyond the arc, missing 7 of his 8 three-point attempts, found himself in a crucial position in the final minute of a tied game with an NBA Finals berth at stake.<\/p>\n<p>Positioned in the right corner, White watched as his <a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/boston-celtics\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/boston-celtics\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/boston-celtics\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/boston-celtics\/\">Boston Celtics<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a> teammate, Jaylen Brown, handled the ball. Anticipating the pass, White was ready to seize the moment once Brown delivered.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">RACING STRAIGHT TO THE FINALS \ud83c\udfce\ufe0f\ud83d\udca8 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DifferentHere?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#DifferentHere<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/agnjCMeb2z\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/agnjCMeb2z<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Boston Celtics (@celtics) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/celtics\/status\/1795287630483189820?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">May 28, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>White&#8217;s patience paid off as he drained the three-pointer with 45 seconds remaining, helping the Celtics secure a 105-102 victory over the <a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/indiana-pacers\/\">Indiana Pacers<\/a> on Monday night in Indianapolis. This win completed a four-game sweep in the Eastern Conference finals, propelling the Celtics to the NBA Finals for the second time in the past three seasons.<\/p>\n<p>Jaylen Brown led the Celtics with 29 points, while <a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/player\/jayson-tatum\/\">Jayson Tatum<\/a> contributed significantly with 26 points, 13 rebounds, and eight assists. The top-seeded Celtics displayed their resilience by overcoming a nine-point deficit in the fourth quarter and executing better basketball in the game&#8217;s critical moments.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"qme\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CelticsWin?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#CelticsWin<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7fLtLUUUyd\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/7fLtLUUUyd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Boston Celtics (@celtics) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/celtics\/status\/1795285986324447488?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">May 28, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>For the Pacers, Andrew Nembhard had a standout performance with 24 points and a playoff career-high 10 assists. Despite their efforts, the sixth-seeded Pacers fell short in the East finals for the eighth time in nine attempts. Their only victory in the conference finals came against the <a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/new-york-knicks\/\">New York Knicks<\/a> in 2000.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/F4xrk8rGWJI?si=1_bMjUWRotTxErWi\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Derrick White, who had been struggling from beyond the arc, missing 7 of his 8 three-point attempts, found himself in a crucial position [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":137,"featured_media":483586,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[16890,16971],"news_category":[16706,16715,14084],"gn_keywords":[18062,18386],"acf":{"announce":"Boston reaches NBA Finals for the second time in three seasons ","video":["video"]},"rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_robots":"","rank_math_canonical_url":"","rank_math_facebook_title":"","rank_math_facebook_description":"","rank_math_facebook_image":"","rank_math_twitter_title":"","rank_math_twitter_description":"","rank_math_twitter_image":"","rank_math_snippet_shortcode":"","rank_math_primary_category":"","rankmath_seo":{"focus_keyword":"","description":"","title":"","canonical_url":"","robots":"","facebook":{"title":"","description":"","image":""},"twitter":{"title":"","description":"","image":""}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/483585"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/137"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=483585"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/483585\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":483617,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/483585\/revisions\/483617"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/483586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=483585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=483585"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=483585"},{"taxonomy":"gn_keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gn_keywords?post=483585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}