The Boston Celtics enter the second round of the NBA championship playoffs, closing the match with the Brooklyn Nets with a clear 4-0.
And it is in New York that the Bostonians won 116-112 in race-4, managing to hold off the hosts' latest attempt to avoid elimination.
The other two games last night saw Toronto wins in Philadelphia 103-88, with the Sixers remaining 3-2 in the series, and Dallas over Utah 102-77, with the Mavericks leading 3-2.
Kevin Durant was the protagonist of the challenge at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, scoring 39 points, but even with the help of 23 from Seth Curry and 20 from Kyrie Irving, the Nets were not able to recover the gap of 15 points accumulated in the third quarter , arriving only at -1 before finally giving up.
For Boston, Jayson Tatum was the top scorer with 29 points (20 for Smart and 22 for Brown).
In Philadelphia, the Sixers were surprised by the tenacity of the Raptors, who have always been ahead and have brought in five players in double figures.
Now the series continues in Toronto and for the Canadians there is a real hope of going to race-7.
Dallas, driven by Luka Doncic (33 points, 13 rebounds and 5 assists), instead has the possibility to close the match with the Jazz in the next round.