BOSTON, MA (SNN-TV) – The Boston Celtics finally managed to win a game against the Miami Heat, but it may have come too late.
In 150 instances, no NBA team has come back from a 3-0 deficit to win the series. Fourteen of those teams won two straight to force a Game 6, but just three have forced a Game 7.
Few have accomplished the feat in all of professional sports. The last one to do so in a Conference Finals or equivalent was, funny enough, the Boston Red Sox in the 2004 ALCS.
While a comeback is highly improbable, a switch did seem to flip for Boston. Whether the Celtics can sustain that high level for another three games remains to be seen.
Tip-off tonight from TD Garden in Boston is set for 8:30pm on TNT.