The Boston Celtics are going home for another Game 7.
They handled the Atlanta Hawks.
LeBron James may not be as easy.
James scored 32 points—19 in the second half—and the Cavaliers forced a decisive and fitting finale to this home-sweet-home playoff series with a 74-69 victory Friday night over the Celtics, who have gone from regular-season road kings to postseason road kill.
“It was either win or go home,” James said. “I’m not ready to go home.”
The Cavs packed for a weekend stay in Beantown—not a few weeks relaxing on Cape Cod. They’ve got at least one more game left, and in the NBA, it’s as big as they ever get.
Game 7. On Sunday. In Boston.
James, whose jump shot has mysteriously been missing in this series, made two key baskets midway through the fourth quarter to slow a Boston comeback, Wally Szczerbiak hit a 3-pointer with 2:10 remaining and Joe Smith dropped two free throws with 14 seconds left as the Cavs moved the series back to the East Coast.
