Can the Boston Celtics become the 1st team in NBA history to come back from a 3-0 deficit?

[True Dough]

We will find out tonight in Boston. Game 7 vs. the Miami Heat.

The Celtics are the fourth NBA team to erase a 3-0 deficit in a best-of-seven series and force a deciding game. The previous three teams — 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 — lost Game 7, all on the road.

https://www.sportsnet.ca/nba/article/nba-finals-berth-at-stake-as-heat-celtics-prepare-for-game-7/

[bottomofthehill]

1. God, I hope so!

[Hugh_Lebowski]

2. The ending of game 6 was freaking incredible ...

The Celtics should be sitting at home right now but for that amazing, split-second follow-up basket as time expired. They choked away a 10 point lead with 4 mins left. They are SO LUCKY to still be playing.

I'm not saying they can't/won't be the first to do it, records are made to be broken. BUT ... though I don't believe in a magical force called 'luck', a bell-shaped curve is still a real thing.

There's a reason it's never happened in all these times, and that's cause 'luck' tends to even out.

[NoRethugFriends]

3. I sure in hell hope not

I've hated the Celtics since Red Auerbach and his disgusting victory cigar.
And they should be all done if Miami had gone to the basket to box out rather tnan stand around when the shot went up.

Note. I did like Bill Russell.

[True Dough]

4. Maybe it doesn't mean anything unless you're superstitious

But it was on May 29, 2022 -- exactly one year ago today -- that the Celtics eliminated the Heat in Game 7 of the East Finals.

Will history repeat itself?

[NoRethugFriends]

5. No

By the laws of Karmic balance, they will lose. Please

[True Dough]

11. Your karmic energy

rules the universe tonight!

[NoRethugFriends]

15. And it was a beautiful thumping

[FarPoint]

6. I sure do believe in this TEAM...

Looking forward to the game tonight!

[bahboo]

7. wildly inconsistent team this year...

no guarantees....

[ProfessorGAC]

8. While I Certainly Agree...

...the Heat looks like they're out of gas.
They got stomped in 2 of those losses and that defensive lapse on that put back is a sign to me that their energy reserves are depleted.

[True Dough]

14. And this is why sports betting is so hard

I read your assessment this afternoon and I agreed with it. Let's say I put $10 or $25 on the Celtics to win at home tonight. That would have been money down the drain, despite solid logic.

[ProfessorGAC]

16. Yep

While I'm not shocked Miami won, I'm at least surprised.
I definitely am shocked the win was so easy.
As to sports betting, I guess that's why I never gamble! LOL!

[True Dough]

17. When I turned 18 and was on the verge of graduating high school

I purchased a legal pro sports gambling ticket. Because followed the National Hockey League closely, I picked three games: two wins and a tie. The latter got me pretty high odds and my $2 bet would pay $51.

Sure enough, all three results came through. I cashed in that ticket the next day with a big smile on my face. I started having delusions of not bothering to go to college. I could make a living off of sports gambling! I could do this!

I proceeded to invest my winnings in more tickets and more tickets. Needless to say, I lost that $51 and then some. I matured and rarely gambled on sports since then.

But the funny coincidence is that I had similar experiences with poker and penny stocks. Got lucky very early on and it gave me a false sense of confidence. Neither of those experiences turned out overly well either (actually, I can hold my own at poker sometimes).

[tdawnnews]

9. Can the Boston Celtics become the 1st team in NBA history to come back from a 3-0 deficit?

The argument for the Celtics is this: They're the better team, they had decisive wins in Games 4 and 5 and the Heat might have a hard time regrouping after a historic loss in Game 6. Boston's Derrick White became just the second player in NBA history to hit a buzzer beater with his team facing elimination and trailing in the game. Michael Jordan is the other.

[True Dough]

10. Make that 152 straight NBA series

where the team down 3-0 could not come back to win four straight!

[awesomerwb1]

12. I would like to thank the Miami Heat

for giving the little green basketball team hope and then demolishing and embarrassing them in their own court in a game 7.

[True Dough]

13. Who are you picking

between the Heat and the Nuggets for all the marbles?

[ProfessorGAC]

18. I'm Going Nuggets

I think the zone is problematic against Denver.
And, I don't see what the Heat have against Jokic.
Of course my prognostication ability has just shown itself to be suspect.

[awesomerwb1]

19. I would not be betting against Miami right now

but I wouldn't against Denver either. Normally would say slight advantage Denver (beat the Heat both games in regular season + Jokic)
but I honestly do not know.

[Cuthbert Allgood]

20. Should be a good series.

Heat took out the two teams with better records than the Nuggets, so it's interesting seeing Nuggets fans saying Nuggets in 4.