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Duke Basketball: Kyrie Irving, Celtics get bounced from playoffs

With its Game 5 loss to the Milwaukee Bucks on Wednesday night, the Boston Celtics made some history that no team wants to make.

Boston became the first team in NBA history to win its first five playoff games but then lose its next four.

The Celtics swept the Indiana Pacers in the First Round of the playoffs and then won its first game on the road against Milwaukee, but followed that win with four losses, two at home to get tossed out of the playoffs.

The team’s superstar, Kyrie Irving failed to shoot over 37% from the field since Game 1 in this series and in the five games, averaged 20.