Celtics Crush Warriors, Sweep California Teams For First Time Ever
Boston went 8-0 against the NBA's four California teams this season.
Celtics Crush Warriors, Sweep California Teams For First Time Ever originally appeared on NESN . Add NESN as a Preferred Source by clicking here . With their 120-99 win over the Golden State Warriors on Wednesday, the Boston Celtics improved to 46-23 this season, including 8-0 against the four NBA teams from California.
This is the first time the Celtics have swept the NBA's California teams in franchise history. Boston won both games of its four series against the Warriors, Los Angeles Lakers, Los Angeles Clippers and Sacramento Kings, beating all four teams at home and on the road . Most of those games were lopsided, too, with the Celtics winning seven of them by double digits.
That's not an easy feat for an East Coast team, especially since Jayson Tatum was out for the first seven of those victories. However, it helped that the Lakers were the only one of those teams over . 500 entering play on Wednesday.
For the first time in Boston Celtics history, they have swept the entire state of California. Going 8-0 vs the Golden State Warriors, Los Angeles Clippers, Los Angeles Lakers, and Sacramento Kings pic. twitter.