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The Canadian team has repeatedly balanced on the brink of collapse in the series, but has survived: a three-point siren with OG Anunoby, which became a surprise factor, is a referee error in not recording a foul against Cambridge Walker in the sixth.
However, in Game 7, the Toronto club enjoyed a fragile lead for a very short time, and at the end of the second half the Celtics, pushing forward, tried not to lose the lead.
Little more than 1 minute left. At the end of the third quarter, VanVleet returned a slim lead to his team with a three-point shot (68:67), but that was the closest Toronto team got to the Eastern Conference final.
The Celtics were in the lead for the remainder of the game, and while their opponents were still able to tie in the final minutes of the game, Marcus Smart did a great job on defense, and Jason Tatum caught a particularly important ball on offense.
It was the latter who became the brightest star of the deciding match and was close to a triple-double. The forward scored 29 points, grabbed 12 balls and had 7 assists.
By the way, the 22-year-old American became the second youngest basketball player in the NBA to score at least 25 points, bounce at least 10 balls, and make at least 5 assists in the seventh game of the playoff series.
The youngest player to do so is the legendary Kobe Bryant.
Interestingly, for the first time since the 1984 Eastern Conference finals, neither of the top two teams of the regular season will play.
Due to their place in the NBA grand final, the Celtics will face the Miami Heat, who did not spare the Milwaukee Bucks 4: 1 in the upcoming Eastern semi-final.
“Boston Celts”: Jason Tatum 29, Jaylen Brown 21 (8th rev, 4 trans.), Marcus Smart 16 (6th rev.), Kemba Walker 14 (6 rev.)
“Toronto Raptors”: Fred VanWleet 20 (6th ed.), Kyle Lowry 16 (6th ed.), Serge Ibaka 14 (8th ed.), Pascal Siakamas 13 (11th ed.), Norman Powell 11.
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