Kemba Walker has reached the 20-point mark for the third consecutive game. The Boston Celtics completed their first-round playoff sweep of the Philadelphia 76ers on Sunday with a 110-106Boston was without forward Gordon Hayward for the third consecutive game due to an ankle injury, but All-Star guard Philly clearly missed injured All-Star point guard Ben Simmons once again, as the Sixers lacked a go-to playmaker and finished the game with just 12The Sixers are now heading home, while the Celtics will wait to see who they will be facing in the second round of the Eastern Conference playoffs.Kemba Walker, G, BOS: 8/15 FG, 32 PTS, 4 AST, 4 REBJayson Tatum, F, BOS: 10/18 FG, 28 PTS, 15 REB, 4 ASTJoel Embiid, C, PHI: 8/18 FG, 30 PTS, 10 REB, 3 STLThe star-studded Celtics can get big-time production from several different players on their roster on any given day, but it was the All-Star duo of Kemba Walker and Jayson Tatum that stepped up Sunday.Boston was getting outshot by Philly and losing the turnover battle by a significant margin at halftime, but thanks to Walker's awesome individual effort, the Celtics trailed by just one point.As seen in this highlight package, Walker scored from all over the floor during the opening 24 minutes:Kemba with the hot hand in the 1st half of Game 4, dropping 20 for the @celtics! https://t.co/zvqYMr2Fr4The Celtics were up by three points when Harris went out, but after he left the game, they went on a 9-0 run and led by 12 entering the fourth quarter.Sixers coach Brett Brown acknowledged how big the loss of Harris was during his interview with ESPN in between the third and fourth quarters.Harris shockingly returned about midway through the fourth quarter, but the Sixers were still down 12 at that point, and the damage had already been done.Now, the 76ers front office will regroup and decide whether the core of Embiid, Simmons, Harris and Al Horford will be good enough to compete for championships in the coming seasons.The Celtics will get ready for their second-round opponent, which will most likely be the defending The NBA revealed its individual award finalists for the 2019-20 season Saturday, among them the three candidates for Most Improved Player: Miami Heat forward Bam Adebayo, Dallas Mavericks guard Luka Doncic and New Orleans Pelicans forward … Hey guys, thanks for watching. Walker pulls it back on Al Horford and drills a dagger to push Celtics past Sixers and give them a 3-0 series lead CBS Sports is a registered trademark of CBS Broadcasting Inc. 1 *clears throat* Giphy Images. "As Newton rose to the MVP of the National Football League, and brought the Panthers with him to the top of the NFL world, Walker concurrently made three NBA All-Star appearances in Charlotte and became the Hornets' all-time leading scorer.
1-overall pick by the Panthers in the 2011 NFL Draft, while Walker soon followed as the No. Maybe this is all an overreaction but I would be lying to you if I told you reading every one of those tweets didn't send a chill down my spine. Now we're both in Boston, which is just insane to me," said Walker. With the news that former Panthers quarterback Cam Newton was signing a one-year contract to join the New England Patriots, two icons of Charlotte sports have now left the city for the greater Boston, Massachusetts area in the past year. The Patriots, meanwhile, are coming off their first season that did not see them reach at least the AFC Championship Game since 2010. Both of us came in the same year and spent the same amount of time there. In Boston, both are now seeking the championship that eluded them in the Queen City: Walker never made it past the first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs in Charlotte, while Newton's Panthers were felled by the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl 50.As the NBA looks to begin its playoffs following a long lockdown, the Celtics rank third in the Eastern Conference standings behind the Milwaukee Bucks and Toronto Raptors. #NBAPlayoffs #NBAonABC https://t.co/Re6PuPtdIbCeltics Blog questioned why the 76ers were so willing to give Walker plenty of room to operate throughout the first half:Sixers giving Kemba the room that teams usually give Ben Simmons is ...interesting.Walker also showed off his impressive handles by sending Sixers center Joel Embiid to the floor with a killer crossover:Kemba just snatched Embiid's ankles https://t.co/uAvFj68rC9Kemba had 20 points at the break, which gave him three consecutive playoff games with at least 20 points for the first time in his career:Kemba Walker has reached the 20-point mark for the third consecutive game. He'd never tallied 20+ points in back-to-back playoff games entering this postseason.
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