Boston After Boston's impressive win over Miami on Saturday night, Jaylen Brown started thinking about her future. He raised his hands and held up seven fingers and shouted, “7 games! Game 7!
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Brown and Boston are on top of history with a 104-103 Game 6 win over the Celtics thanks to Derek White's dunk. The story of the game. Overcome a 3-0 deficit to win the best-of-seven series.
Next up is another Eastern Conference final game in Boston on Monday night. And this series of endless clashes seems to be reaching a spectacular conclusion.
The Celtics became the fourth NBA team to force a tiebreaker in a best-of-seven series, 3-0. The last three teams lost to the 1951 New York Knicks in the NBA Finals, the 1994 Denver Nuggets in the second round and the 2003 Portland Trail Blazers in the first round, game seven away from home.
Jayson Tatum, who joined Larry Bird as the only other Celtic to finish in double figures with 31 points, 11 rebounds and five assists in Game 6, said: “We've got another chance. We have another opportunity," he said. minus 30 points. 10 rebounds and 5 assists. "It is far from over. Another tough battle. But it's always good to give yourself another chance, another chance."
Boston looks to extend its postseason streak, which includes five wins before elimination, after losing twice to the 76ers in the Eastern Conference semifinals, 3-2, and now three straight against the Heat.
The Celtics are 27-9 in Game 7s and have won their last 4, including a 112-88 victory over Philadelphia in the last round where Tatum scored a league-high 51 points in 7 games. NBA history. Boston beat the Miami Heat in Game 7 of last year's Eastern Conference Finals when Jimmy Butler had to make a 3-pointer with 17 seconds left.
They lost the last two in Game 7, 6-5 all-time. Miami is 0-2 against such road games.
Sunday's winner will advance to the NBA Finals against the Western Conference champion Denver Nuggets.
Despite snapping a three-game losing streak in the Finals, Miami coach Erik Spoelstra said his message to his team after Saturday's loss was to focus on the next game. Let the past be the past.
"Let's support each other," Spoelstra said. "These are emotional games and things can change in game seven. The pressure in Game 7 could change a lot. We are not going anywhere."
But perhaps the biggest concern before Monday's heat was that the Celtics, despite going 7-of-35 shooting, were able to pull off Saturday's win because of their reliance on 3-point shooting often.
He also played a small part that night, scoring just 5 of his 21 points before Butler scored 10 points in two minutes to give the Force the lead. Over the last three games, Butler is 19-for-55.
This did not weaken his determination to do everything possible to prevent Miami's tragic end.
"I swear you'll take the same test until you pass," Butler said. "We were in the same position last year. We can do it. I know we'll get there. We've got to go and win in a very, very tough environment."
On Wednesday, City became the first and only team in Major League Baseball history to come back from a 3-0 deficit.
that group The Red Sox, the 2004 World Series champions, face the New York Yankees in the American League Championship Series.
David Ortiz, 2004 ALCS MVP, makes sense that the Celtics have been able to do things that were previously unthinkable.
"Yes, and there would be no better time for it than now," Ortiz said in an interview with The Associated Press. "If you do it in basketball, it should be the same city."
The Celtics are just 5-5 at home in these playoffs, but nothing beats their season on the line.
"It's going to be huge. The two best words in sports are 'Game 7,'" Brown said. "And I know our home crowd is going to bring energy. So I'm very happy."
Nothing is known about the condition of guard no. 7 Boston's Malcolm Brogdon, who missed his sixth NBA Player of the Year win Saturday night with a sprained right forearm.
In Brogon's absence, Boston's reserves lost 22-11. Robert Williams III went to the locker room late in the second quarter with a left hand injury, but returned in the second half to finish with 10 points and seven rebounds in 17 minutes on the night.
