The Boston Celtics forced a game six of the Eastern Conference Finals after defeating the Miami Heat 110-97. Boston has the chance to even the series that seemed all but over after Miami took a 3-0 lead.
🏀 FINAL SCORE 🏀
Derrick White sets a Playoff career high in threes made as the @celtics take Game 5!
Marcus Smart: 23 PTS, 5 STL (Playoff career high)
Jayson Tatum: 21 PTS, 11 AST, 3 STL
Jaylen Brown: 21 PTS, 3 STLGame 6: Saturday, 8:30 PM ET on TNT pic.twitter.com/K0suGVRJxt
— NBA (@NBA) May 26, 2023
The Celtics would be the first team to come back from 3-0 down in NBA history
With this result, Joe Mazzulla's team became the fifteenth (out of 150) to force a sixth game after falling 3-0 down. If they were to complete the comeback, they would make history as the first ever NBA franchise to do so.
Boston's victory was based on teamwork over individuality. It started with solid defense, and four players hit the 20-point threshold: Derrick White (24), Marcus Smart (23), Jayson Tatum (21) and Jaylen Brown (21), the first time they have done so this season.
Tatum's vicious dunk or White's buzzer-beating three?
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— NBA (@NBA) May 26, 2023
