The Nets were dancing again in the visitors' locker room of the Fleet Center, dancing in the now hallowed site where they have celebrated the franchise's most significant postseason accomplishments in the N.B.A. - all two of them - in back-to-back years.

The Nets completed their sweep of the Boston Celtics in the Eastern Conference semifinals on Monday night - one round earlier than last year - but there was no Champagne-Gatorade cocktail sprayed around the locker room, only the words "Celtics Gone Fishin" written on the whiteboard and an electric sense of confidence crackling from Net to Net.

"We're at a peak right now," Kerry Kittles said after the 110-101 victory. And they keep discovering new heights. The Nets have won six consecutive playoff games, including the franchise's first sweep.