BOSTON — Perhaps it was always destined to end this way.
The injury-wrecked Cavs, playing without three of their top rotational players, lost Game 5 of the Eastern Conference semifinals to the top-seeded Celtics, 113-98, inside a raucous TD Garden on Wednesday night. Cleveland’s season is over, losing the best-of-seven series 4-1.
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