Basketball

CLEVELAND (AP) — Jayson Tatum scored 33 points and the Boston Celtics beat the severely short-handed Cleveland Cavaliers 109-102 in Game 4 on Monday night to take a commanding 3-1 lead in their East semifinal series.

CLEVELAND (AP) — Even when it's supposed to be somewhat easy, the Boston Celtics have a weird way of making things hard. On Monday night, they nearly stumbled against an overmatched Cleveland team.

CLEVELAND (AP) — LeBron James sat courtside like a fan in an arena he made famous.

CLEVELAND (AP) — Donovan Mitchell spent the biggest game of Cleveland's season sitting helplessly on the bench in street clothes. In a way, it was almost fitting. The Cavs have been banged up for months.

NBA teams were told Monday that Bronny James, the son of the Los Angeles Lakers' LeBron James , has been medically cleared to play in the league, a person with knowledge of the matter told The Associated Press.

NEW YORK (AP) — Mitchell Robinson had surgery Monday to repair the left ankle injury that knocked him out of Game 1 of the Knicks' playoff series against the Pacers, a person with knowledge of the situation said.

DENVER (AP) — The Denver Nuggets, who heeded their coach's admonition to start acting and playing like the reigning champs they are, and the Indiana Pacers saw to it that their semifinal series wouldn't feature any brooms.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Denver Nuggets were far from done after dropping the first two games of the Western Conference semifinals at home in humbling fashion.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Denver's Jamal Murray scooped up Minnesota's errant inbounds pass near the sideline, rebalanced his body after carefully keeping his feet in and launched a 55-foot shot at the end of the first half.

Indiana Pacers (47-35, sixth in the Eastern Conference) vs. New York Knicks (50-32, second in the Eastern Conference) New York; Tuesday, 8 p.m. EDT BETMGM SPORTSBOOK : LINE Knicks -2; over/under is 216.