Aside from a couple of hard fouls by one of Boston’s favorite heavies, J.R. Smith, last April’s Game 4 emotion was kept at a low ebb Tuesday night at the Garden.
Jae Crowder kept his cool around the Cavaliers swingman, and Kelly Olynyk and Kevin Love barely looked at each other, except when the Cavs star up-faked his Celtics rival into the rafter for a fourth quarter move out of the post.
For all of their recent success, the Celtics still have miles to go against Cleveland, as evidenced by their 89-77 loss to the Cavaliers.
LeBron James and Kevin Love, the two stars on the floor, didn’t disappoint with 24 and 20 points respectively.