NBA playoffs, night results: Embiid wins it at the end of the OT, 2-0 Boston, Bucks knocked out

It was a partial 23-4 in which the Celtics defense kept the opponents without baskets for nearly three minutes, overwhelming them with the intensity and thrust of the TD Garden. Seven of the eight men in coach Udoka’s rotation finished in double figuresled by 22 di Jaylen Brown (10 in the last quarter) ei 19 with 10 assists (but 5/16 shooting) by Jayson Tatum, drawing the joker Payton Pritchard from the bench (8 of his 10 points in the final quarter). Williams (17), Horford (16), Theis (15) and Smart (12) also did well