Tim Bontemps: Final: Celtics 113, Cavaliers 98 Boston advances to the Eastern Conference finals for a third year in a row, and a sixth time in eight seasons. Evan Mobley had 33 points and Marcus Morris 25 on 10-for-13 shooting for the Cavs, who made this one more competitive than expected Source: Twitter @TimBontemps
Steve Bulpett @SteveBHoop
Have to admit we’re a little disappointed in the Sultan of Stat. He was apparently unable to find out if Al Horford is the first player in NBA history to be the No. 1 star in an elimination game win and apply for Medicare in the same week.
But @DickLipe has other good stuff: pic.twitter.com/GC18P3jj3G – 11:00 PM
Cameron Tabatabaie @CTabatabaie
Tatum on what he’s learned from Horford:
Having a routine every single day….having a plan of what you’re going to do to get better today – 10:51 PM
Bobby Manning @RealBobManning
Tatum on Horford: “I give Al a lot of credit, how he’s transitioned and adapted his game to … still have a huge impact. I’ve watched Al, how professional he is, how he carries himself, how he takes care of his body. I’ve stolen a lot of things from Al … having a routine … a – 10:50 PM
Jay King @ByJayKing
Jayson Tatum on Al Horford: “Those plays, that was so meaningful.”
“His performance, his energy, his leadership tonight was crucial.” – 10:45 PM
Bobby Manning @RealBobManning
Jayson Tatum on Horford: “When he saved the ball out of bounds in the last two minutes, in the second quarter … pumped the crowd up, pumped our team up.” – 10:45 PM
Sean Grande @SeanGrandePBP
Al Horford – best player on the floor as the Celtics reach the Eastern Conference Finals for the 3rd straight year.
Al Horford – the only Celtic alive the last time the Celtics reached the Eastern Conference Finals 3 straight years. – 10:30 PM
Souichi Terada @SouichiTerada
Al Horford on 3 straight ECFs: “It means a lot to me. I’m very proud of our guys continue to put work in. JT, JB, how they’ve continued to get better. How no matter what gets thrown at them … our guys continue to work and they continue to think what’s best for our group.” – 10:13 PM
Jared Weiss @JaredWeissNBA
Al Horford: “In the past, we’ve been in this position and haven’t been able to close things. So I’m very proud of that.” – 10:11 PM
Souichi Terada @SouichiTerada
Al Horford said he thought they lacked energy in the 1st quarter, so he wanted to hype up his team in the 2nd. “We had a great opportunity at home to handle this, and I knew it was going to take a lot more than handling it normally.” – 10:07 PM
Brian Robb @BrianTRobb
Al Horford: “For me, the biggest thing was bringing energy. I thought we lacked it in the first quarter.” – 10:07 PM
Law Murray @LawMurrayTheNU
37-year-old Al Horford had more *offensive* rebounds (4) than Cavaliers had *total* rebounds (3) in the 4th quarter – 10:03 PM
Jared Weiss @JaredWeissNBA
Joe Mazzulla spoke on his bond with Al Horford, who is slightly older than him: “When I got the job…he made a decision to trust me, which he didn’t have to do.” – 9:52 PM
Jay King @ByJayKing
Joe Mazzulla on Al Horford: Tonight you saw his gift. His gift is passion, inspiration. … that’s who Al is as a person… I thought he started it for us and all our guys responded well. – 9:45 PM
Bobby Manning @RealBobManning
Joe Mazzulla on Horford: “Everybody’s a leader on the team in a different way … his gift is passion, inspiration, toughness, competitive nature.” – 9:45 PM
Tim Bontemps @TimBontemps
JB Bickerstaff gives a lot of credit to Al Horford for the way he competed and made winning plays tonight, crediting him for making a lot of hustle plays that helped Boston eventually pull out the win. – 9:40 PM
Souichi Terada @SouichiTerada
The Celtics beat the Cavs 113-98 in Game 5 to advance to their third straight East Finals. Jayson Tatum had 25 points and Al Horford was massive with 22 points and 15 rebounds. Next up will be either the Knicks or Pacers in the East Finals. masslive.com/celtics/2024/0… – 9:24 PM
Jared Weiss @JaredWeissNBA
Al Horford joins LeBron James and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as the only players that are 37+ years old to record a 20-point, 15-rebound, 5-assist playoff game in NBA history, per @Stathead – 9:24 PM
Sean Grande @SeanGrandePBP
“I felt we didn’t have the right energy, so I wanted to bring that.”
Al Horford, live with us now @985TheSportsHub – 9:23 PM
StatMuse @statmuse
Al Horford is the first player in NBA history with
20+ PTS
15+ REB
5+ 3P
3+ BLK
in a playoff game (he’s the oldest player left in the playoffs). pic.twitter.com/QijuEWtiiQ – 9:23 PM
Gary Washburn @GwashburnGlobe #Celtics fight off the #Cavaliers 113-98 with a strong 4Q, advance to ECF for third consecutive year. Tatum 25, Horford 22, White 18, Holiday 13, Brown 11; Mobley 33, Morris Sr. 25, Strus 12, Garland 11. – 9:22 PM
Jared Weiss @JaredWeissNBA
Celtics beat the Cavs in 5 games to advance to the Eastern Conference Finals behind Al Horford’s memorable night. 22 points, 15 rebounds, 5 assists for the OG – 9:21 PM
Jay King @ByJayKing
Enormous and well-deserved roar for Al Horford as he checks out with 48 seconds left. Now he’s getting M-V-P chants from the crowd. – 9:19 PM
Jared Weiss @JaredWeissNBA
One more Al Horford 3 as the Celtics close out the series. Standing ovation for the OG as he holds his hands out to the crowd and takes a seat. – 9:19 PM
Bobby Manning @RealBobManning
Horford dances across the logo after another 3 and gets the loudest Garden standing ovation of the season.
A Celtics legend. – 9:19 PM
Jared Weiss @JaredWeissNBA
Al Horford has 8 rebounds in the 4th quarter. He’s at 19 and 14 for the evening, the first time he’s put up those numbers in the postseason since Game 6 of the 22 Finals. – 9:17 PM
Souichi Terada @SouichiTerada
the 1980s are so in right now between Horford and Morris tonight. happy for the old heads. (not me, I’m still young) – 9:10 PM
Brian Robb @BrianTRobb
11-2 Celtics run. Team finally able to string together some stops with White back in the game. He and Horford have been terrific tonight. – 9:05 PM
Souichi Terada @SouichiTerada
Al Horford with 19 points and 11 rebounds in a closeout game a few weeks away from turning 38. Plus he’s 5-11 on 3s – 9:05 PM
Bobby Manning @RealBobManning
Horford stops Garland again and the crowd is loving it. At his best, he’s still fantastic stepping out on guards. – 9:03 PM
Tim Bontemps @TimBontemps
Darius Garland is now 3-for-14 after that last short miss inside over Al Horford.
Evan Mobley, however, is up to 25 points on 12-for-19 shooting, as Cleveland is taking advantage of Boston’s defense to get him a whole bunch of easy looks, and he’s converting. Big performance. – 8:57 PM
Steve Bulpett @SteveBHoop
Al Horford with 14 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 blocks through three quarters. The Antique Freak is a best-on-Celtics +16 in 23:46 on the floor. Boston leads Cleveland, 85-78 entering the 4th. – 8:53 PM
Sean Grande @SeanGrandePBP
Cavs have outscored the Celtics by 11 points in the 12 minutes Al Horford has been out of Game 5.
9-3 Cleveland run, 72-66 Boston, 3:53 left 3rd. – 8:42 PM
Jared Weiss @JaredWeissNBA
Big standing ovation for Al Horford as he checks out. He’s having his best game of the playoffs so far. He’s so in control of the game he even had them mopping up wet spots. – 8:36 PM
Jared Weiss @JaredWeissNBA
Darius Garland has missed all four of his shots near the rim tonight. Al Horford has just gotten stop after stop on that switch. – 8:35 PM
Tom Westerholm @Tom_NBA
Jaylen Brown made a guy fall and still passed, Jayson Tatum got by a guy and still passed, and Al Horford made a wide open 3. Good hoops. – 8:32 PM
Jared Weiss @JaredWeissNBA
We haven’t really seen a vintage Playoff Al Horford game yet, but he has been playing with fire all night when the Celtics were in a stasis. – 8:27 PM
Law Murray @LawMurrayTheNU
Cavs decided to bypass the Garland/Horford mismatch for what they must have thought was a Mobley/Holiday mismatch in the post.
For those who have seen Mobley’s post game or Holiday’s post defense, it went about how you’d expect. – 8:27 PM
Sean Grande @SeanGrandePBP
Al Horford – 1st half of Game 5
9 points, 3 rebounds, 3 blocks, game-high +12
Al’s +44 is far and way the best in the series. – 8:21 PM
Brian Robb @BrianTRobb
Al Horford doing everything he can that half to make sure he gets a well-deserved extra few days of rest for his 37-year-old frame before the ECF. – 8:09 PM
Jared Weiss @JaredWeissNBA
Al Horford jumps into the Celtics bench to chase down a loose ball and throw it off the Cavs. Fans are finally getting lit – 8:02 PM
Bobby Manning @RealBobManning
Kornet’s rolling & offensive rebounding might give the #Celtics more on offense right now with Horford cold. The defense has been close in recent games too. – 7:46 PM
Souichi Terada @SouichiTerada
Al Horford wanted to get the inbounds pass in ASAP because he knew it would be challenged. He was really frustrated they didn’t get it in time before the Cavs challenge – 7:26 PM
Jay King @ByJayKing
Al Horford had Darius Garland on him and went to set a screen. Tatum immediately yelled at Al to go to the block instead. Celtics didn’t end up finding Horford down there but got an open Derrick White 3-pointer while Garland was trying to switch out of the bad matchup. – 7:10 PM
Sean Grande @SeanGrandePBP
Cavs at Celtics – TD Garden – May 15, 2024 – ECSF Game 5 Starters
Boston – Holiday, White, Brown, Tatum, Horford
Cleveland – Darius Garland, Isaac Okoro, Max Strus, Dean Wade, Evan Mobley
OUT – Boston: Porzingis Cle: Donovan Mitchell, Caris LeVert, Jarrett Allen, Ty Jerome pic.twitter.com/vLIZJgtXsh – 6:37 PM
Bobby Manning @RealBobManning
Horford said #Celtics‘ plan doesn’t change w/ Mitchell out: “We expect them to come out battling, fighting & we have to be able to match that regardless. I feel like our group responded pretty well from last game from expecting him not to play. It has to be the same way tonight” – 12:41 PM
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