The Boston Celtics are going for the series sweep on Tuesday night against the shorthanded Cleveland Cavaliers. No team is hotter than the Celtics, winners of 11 straight, most recently a 52-point win against the Golden State Warriors over the weekend. Conversely, the Cavaliers are just 5–5 over their last 10 games and will be without all-star guard Donovan Mitchell (knee).
Boston (48–12) has been especially dominant over the last few weeks, having won its last six by an average of 27 points. Celtics stars Jaylen Brown (knee) and Kristaps Porzingis (quad) are both questionable for the third and final game against Cleveland after Brown played limited minutes in the blowout against Golden State and Porzingis was out. The Cavaliers (39–21) cooled off at the tail end of February and into March after ripping off a nine-game winning streak.