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Celtics, Cavaliers resume best-of-seven series in Beantown

Wed 14th, May 2008

(Sports Network) - The Boston Celtics and Cleveland Cavaliers battle in the pivotal Game 5 of their Eastern Conference semifinal series tonight at TD Banknorth Garden.

This best-of-seven series is tied 2-2. Game 6 is scheduled for Friday at Quicken Loans Arena. The home team has won all four games in this set.

In Game 4, LeBron James scored 21 points and dished out 13 assists as the fourth-seeded Cavaliers pulled away down the stretch to beat the top-seeded Celtics, 88-77, at Quicken Loans Arena.

Wally Szczerbiak and Daniel Gibson each tallied 14 points for the Cavaliers, who played spectacular defense in the fourth quarter, holding the Celtics to 5-of-16 shooting in the last 12 minutes.

Defensive Player of the Year Kevin Garnett had 15 points for Boston. Rajon Rondo and Ray Allen also scored 15 apiece, but none coming in the fourth quarter. Paul Pierce scored 13 for Boston, which finished at 38.6 percent from the field, including 3-of-14 from three-point range.

Cleveland has lost two of its last three Game 5s in the postseason. The Cavaliers are 2-3 on the road in this year's playoffs.

The Celtics are 5-0 at home in this year's postseason. Boston has dropped three of its last four Game 5s in the playoffs.

This is the fourth time these teams have met in the postseason. Boston defeated the Cavaliers in six games, 4-2, in the 1976 East finals, and in four contests, 3-1, in the first round of the 1985 playoffs. Cleveland knocked out the Celtics in seven games in the 1992 East semis.

The Cavaliers have won a best-of-seven series after losing Games 1 and 2. Cleveland defeated the Detroit Pistons in the 2007 East finals after dropping the first two games of the set at The Palace of Auburn Hills.

The Celtics have lost a playoff series after winning the first two games of the set. In the 1990 first round, the New York Knicks knocked out Boston in five contests, 3-2.

Boston has made it to the East semis for the first time since 2003. That year, the Celtics were swept by the New Jersey Nets, 4-0. The last time the Celtics won in this round was in 2002 when they knocked out Detroit in five, 4-1, before losing to the Nets in the East finals, 4-2.

The Celtics survived a scare in the opening round, as they knocked out the eighth-seeded Atlanta Hawks in seven games. The home team won every game in the series. Boston won its four contests by an average of 25.3 points.

The Cavaliers, who are the defending Eastern Conference champions and knocked out the Wizards in round one, are 3-2 all-time in the semifinals. They defeated the Washington Bullets in 1976, Boston in 1992 and New Jersey in 2007. Cleveland lost in the semis to Chicago in 1993 and Detroit in 2006.

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