The Celtics are no strangers to facing elimination on the road, and their recent successes in those situations should give both the team and its fans confidence entering Saturday night’s Game 6 in Miami.
at TD Garden. The Celtics already staved off elimination in Game 4 of the series in Miami. They've also won four of their last six playoff games in Miami beginning with last season's conference finals matchup.2023 ECF Game 4 at Miami2023 ECSF Game 6 at Philadelphia: The Celtics held off a late Heat comeback attempt to reach the NBA Finals for the first time since 2010.: Jayson Tatum scored 46 points in arguably the most impressive performance of his career.
What has allowed the Celtics to go into difficult road environments and give stellar performances with their season on the line? "I feel like, speaking for us this year and last year, when we've had a lead or tied a series up and came back home, for whatever reason we've relaxed, for lack of better words, and we've lost some crucial games at home and really just had to buckle down, going on the road, back is against the wall, nobody but us and the coaches and the guys in that locker room believe that, whether it's last year, last series, that we were going to win," Tatum said after Game 5.
"But like I said, we've got a really connected group. We've got a group of determined, tough guys that, like I said, I know I can count on. I know I'm going to look to my left and my right when all hope seems to be lost, when the game is on the line, our backs are against the wall, that everybody is going to go down fighting and give everything they have.
No team in league history has ever come back from trailing 0-3 and won a playoff series. If the Celtics are going to become the first, they'll need to win one more road elimination game down in Miami.
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