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SPORTS Tuesday 23 april 2019
Celtics sweep Pacers; Warriors,

Raptors take 3-1 leads

By The Associated Press from the free throw line. Kawhi Leonard scored 34
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Gor- They controlled the boards, points and Toronto beat
don Hayward scored 20 49-33, led by Curry and Orlando to take a 3-1 lead
points and Marcus Morris Bogut with 10 rebounds in their Eastern Conference
started a decisive 3-point apiece. first-round series. Pascal
flurry late in the fourth quar- Rookie Shai Gilgeous-Alex- Siakam and Norman Pow-
ter Sunday to give the Bos- ander led the Clippers with ell each scored 16 for the
ton Celtics a series-clinch- a career-high 25 points. Raptors, who can advance
ing 110-106 victory at Indi- Danilo Gallinari added 16 with a home win in Game
ana. It's the first four-game points but was just 5 of 20 5 on Tuesday. Toronto has
sweep for the Celtics since from the floor. Patrick Bev- now won three consecu-
2011 and their second since erley had 12 points and 10 tive postseason games,
1986-87, becoming the first rebounds. only the third time that's
team to reach the second TRAIL BLAZERS 111, THUN- happened in franchise his-
round of the playoffs. DER 98 tory. Aaron Gordon scored
Bojan Bogdanovic fin- OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — 25 for the Magic, making
ished with 22 points and Damian Lillard scored 15 his first seven shots of the
Tyreke Evans finished with of his 24 points in the third second half. Evan Fourni-
a playoff career-high of 21 quarter, and Portland held er scored 19 and Nikola
to lead the Pacers. It still Russell Westbrook without a Vucevic added 11 for the Boston Celtics forward Jayson Tatum (0) drives on Indiana Pac-
wasn't enough to prevent basket in the second half in Magic, who committed 17 ers forward Thaddeus Young (21) during the second half of
Indiana from enduring its beating Oklahoma City to turnovers that became 21 Game 3 of an NBA basketball first-round playoff series Friday,
second first-round sweep take a 3-1 lead in their se- Toronto points.q April 19, 2019, in Indianapolis.
in three years — the only ries. Associated Press
two best-of-seven sweeps C.J. McCollum scored 27
in franchise history. points, Al-Farouq Aminu
WARRIORS 113, CLIPPERS had 19 points and nine re-
105 bounds and Maurice Har-
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kevin kless added 15 points and
Durant scored 33 points, 10 rebounds for the Trail
Klay Thompson added 32 Blazers. Portland can close
and Golden State beat Los out the series Tuesday at
Angeles to take a com- home.
manding 3-1 lead in their Paul George had 32 points
first-round playoff series. and 10 rebounds for Okla-
Stephen Curry was in foul homa City. Dennis Schro-
trouble for the second der added 17 points.
straight game and finished Westbrook scored 14 points
with 12 points. Andrew on 5-for-21 shooting. He
Bogut fouled out with 5:50 missed his final 10 shots and
remaining in the game was 0 for 7 for one point in
with eight points and 10 re- the second half.
bounds. RAPTORS 107, MAGIC 85
The Warriors were 17 of 19 ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) —