The Boston Celtics and Cleveland Cavaliers showed what NBA basketball looks like at its best on Friday night, as the two top teams in the East provided a thrilling potential conference finals preview at TD Garden. This didn’t always look like an instant classic: the Celtics took a huge lead early in the first quarter before Cleveland rallied back to make it competitive, and then zoomed ahead in the second half.
Celtics forward Sam Hauser buried a three-pointer to put Boston up 22-3 at the start of the game. The Celtics immediately forced a turnover, and Jayson Tatum buried another three on the other end. Cleveland head coach Kenny
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