Who knocked the Boston Celtics out of the 2018 NBA Playoffs?
Answer
Cleveland Cavs
The Cleveland Cavaliers knocked the Boston Celtics out of the 2018 NBA Playoffs. Cleveland won the Eastern Conference Finals series 4–3, clinishing the matchup with an 87–79 victory in Game 7 on May 27, 2018, at Boston’s TD Garden.
The series was a dramatic back-and-forth contest. Boston, the East’s No. 2 seed, took a 2–0 lead and later moved ahead 3–2, but the Cavaliers won Games 6 and 7 to advance. LeBron James led Cleveland throughout the series, including a 35-point triple-double in Game 7.
The Cavaliers then faced the Golden State Warriors in the NBA Finals, a rematch of the previous two Finals. Golden State swept Cleveland 4–0. A common mix-up is confusing the Celtics’ 2018 opponent with the Philadelphia 76ers, whom Boston defeated 4–1 in the Eastern Conference semifinals before meeting Cleveland.