INDIANAPOLIS — There were no champagne bottles in sight for this eyewitness account. The gray folding table centering Boston’s visitors locker room inside Gainbridge Fieldhouse was covered with cans of beer and puddles of hazy IPA. The Celtics are waiting to uncork those bubbly bottles after next round, should they capture the real crown, an 18th banner in franchise history after Boston swept Indiana with a 105-102 victory in Game 4 on Monday night.
“We understand what we need to do and lock in and do whatever it takes to get four more wins,” said Derrick White, after the Celtics’ do-everything guard splashed the game-winning triple with 45 seconds to spare.