The Celtics brought out the brooms and completed the sweep of the Philadelphia 76ers on Sunday with a 110-106 victory in Game 4 to move on the Eastern Conference semifinals against Toronto. There was perhaps no greater beneficiary of Simmons’ season-ending knee injury than Jayson Tatum.
Per NBA Stats, no player spent more time covering Tatum than the 24:07 that Simmons logged matched up against him, and without the Australian, the Sixers simply didn’t have anyone with the necessary size or athleticism to guard Tatum, and it showed.