Former University of Tennessee basketball player Grant Williams and Boston advanced in the NBA playoffs Sunday.
Williams made his fourth consecutive postseason start and scored a game-high 27 points. The second-seeded Celtics advanced with a 109-81 victory over defending NBA champion Milwaukee at TD Garden in Boston.
The Celtics won game No. 7 of the Eastern Conference semifinals and will play Miami in the conference finals.
Williams, a two-time Southeastern Conference Player of the Year for the Volunteers, also had six rebounds and two blocks in the series finale against the Bucks.
He was 10-for-22 from the field and 7-for-18 from beyond the 3-point arc in 39 minutes.
Game No. 1 of the Eastern Conference finals will begin Tuesday.
Tipoff is slated for 8:38 p.m. EDT at FTX Arena in Miami. The game will be televised by ESPN.
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