BOSTON– The Philadelphia 76ers’ hot shooters went cold in Boston on Monday night.
The Celtics were able to capitalize on the weak shooting night while receiving outstanding efforts from G Terry Rozier and rookie F Jayson Tatum to take a 117-101 win and Game One of the Eastern Conference Semifinals.
Rozier led the Celtics with 29 points, including 7 three-pointers, while Tatum added 28 points of his own.
Sixers’ C Joel Embiid had 31 points of his own, but the Sixers shot just over 19% from deep, hitting only 5 of the team’s 26 three point attempts.
Philadelphia had not played in a week, and G Ben Simmons attributed some of the Sixers’ poor performance on “being rusty” to reporters after the loss.
The teams will hit the floor for Game 2 on Thursday night at 8:30 p.m. in Boston before returning to Philadelphia for Games 3 & 4 on Saturday & Monday nights respectively.
