Lebron leads red-hot Cavs to sweep; 76ers force Game 5

CLEVELAND – Cavaliers guard George Hill cracked a smile after a layup in the second half on Monday night as Montell Jordan’s song “This Is How We Do It” blared over the Quicken Loans Arena loudspeakers.

Welcome to “Sweepland,” Mr. Hill.

Hill and a cast of other fourth-seeded Cavs – including Lebron James, of course – dispatched the No. 1 seed Toronto Raptors 128-93 in Game 4 of the best-of-seven Eastern Conference semifinal series. The victory gave the Cavs a four-game sweep over Toronto for the second consecutive year, and also allowed the Cavs to eliminate the Raptors from the playoffs for the third season in a row.

The Cavs, dressed in black uniforms with wine letters and numbers and gold trim, continued their recent domination of the Raptors with sharp-shooting in the paint and from beyond the 3-point arc before a sellout crowd of 20,562.

“We were focused in this series,” Hill said in a postgame interview on the court. “We moved the ball offensively and we took care of business defensively.”

James led the Cavs on Monday with 29 points, 11 assists and eight rebounds in 38 minutes. Kevin Love (23 points, six rebounds), Kyle Korver (16 points), J.R. Smith (15 points) and George Hill (12 points) also reached double figures for the Cavs.

76ERS 103, CELTICS 92 PHILADELPHIA – T.J. Mcconnell was assertive while starting in the biggest game of the season with the 76ers on the brink of playoff elimination. Now, it’s on to Game 5. The Sixers fed off his grit in Monday’s victory over the Boston Celtics in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference semifinals at Wells Fargo Center. Game 5 is set for Wednesday at the Celtics’ TD Garden. With a commanding 3-1 lead, Boston could clinch the bestof-seven series with a win Wednesday.

The Sixers had a commanding 18-point cushion in the fourth quarter before cruising to the 11-point victory.