Jaylen Brown emerged from a hard fall, both bloodied and reenergized by a hit to the face on a play that was eventually ruled as a flagrant foul against Philadelphia’s James Harden.
The Celtics have certainly taken their share of punches at TD Garden. They were 3-3 at home this postseason heading into the game. And of course, the Bruins lost in the first round in the same building.
But on Sunday afternoon Boston came back with a haymaker, blowing Philadelphia off the parquet floor with a 112-88 victory in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals.