{"id":101443,"date":"2017-05-08T20:52:01","date_gmt":"2017-05-09T00:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=101443"},"modified":"2017-05-08T20:52:01","modified_gmt":"2017-05-09T00:52:01","slug":"cavs-complete-sweep-of-raptors-wizards-rockets-tie-own-conference-semis-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/05\/08\/cavs-complete-sweep-of-raptors-wizards-rockets-tie-own-conference-semis-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Cavs complete sweep of Raptors; Wizards, Rockets tie own conference semis series"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_101444\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-101444\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/17903626_10155277334298278_6046111046320526904_n.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-101444\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/17903626_10155277334298278_6046111046320526904_n.png\" alt=\"LeBron James flirted with a double-double as the Cleveland Cavaliers completed a 4-0 sweep of the Toronto Raptors with a 109-102 win in Game 4 of their NBA Eastern Conference semifinal series at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto on Monday (Philippine Time). (Photo: Cleveland Cavaliers\/ Facebook)\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/17903626_10155277334298278_6046111046320526904_n.png 400w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/17903626_10155277334298278_6046111046320526904_n-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/17903626_10155277334298278_6046111046320526904_n-300x300.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-101444\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">LeBron James flirted with a double-double as the Cleveland Cavaliers completed a 4-0 sweep of the Toronto Raptors with a 109-102 win in Game 4 of their NBA Eastern Conference semifinal series at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto on Monday (Philippine Time). (Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/web.facebook.com\/Cavs\">Cleveland Cavaliers\/ Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA\u2013LeBron James flirted with a double-double as the Cleveland Cavaliers completed a 4-0 sweep of the Toronto Raptors with a 109-102 win in Game 4 of their NBA Eastern Conference semifinal series at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto on Monday (Philippine Time).<\/p>\n<p>James fired 35 points and got nine rebounds with six assists for Cleveland, which pulled away in the final 6:15 of the game to earn the first seat in the conference finals.<\/p>\n<p>Dating back to last year&#8217;s historic NBA Finals conquest, the Cavs won their last 11 playoff games.<\/p>\n<p>However, they may need to wait a little longer for their opponents in the Final Four as the Boston Celtics-Washington Wizards series is now tied at two wins apiece.<\/p>\n<p>Boston 102 Washington 121<\/p>\n<p>In Washington, the Wizards used a 26-0 run in the third quarter to blast the Celtics, 121-102, in Game 4 of their own quarterfinal clash.<\/p>\n<p>Bradley Beal dropped 29 points, while John Wall added 27 for Washington in a game where Kelly Oubre served his suspension for shoving Kelly Olynyk in Game 3.<\/p>\n<p>With the Wizards sweeping their two home assignments in the East semis, their series with the Celtics is now tied, 2-all, entering Game 5 back in Boston on Thursday (Philippine Time).<\/p>\n<p>San Antonio 104 Houston 125<\/p>\n<p>In Houston, the Rockets tied their own West semis series with the San Antonio Spurs with a 125-104 rout.<\/p>\n<p>James Harden had 28 points, five rebounds, 12 assists, and two steals for Houston, which bounced back from its Game 3 loss that gave San Antonio the homecourt edge back.<\/p>\n<p>Jonathan Simmons came off the bench to lead San Antonio with 17 markers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u2013LeBron James flirted with a double-double as the Cleveland Cavaliers completed a 4-0 sweep of the Toronto Raptors with a &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":101444,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[2433,18849,10262],"class_list":["post-101443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-basketball","tag-nba-cavaliers","tag-toronto-raptors","mauthors-iss-via-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101443","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101443"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101443\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}