If the Celtics win Game 6, they will join a very small list of teams that have forced a Game 7 after trailing a series 0-3.
Just three of the 150 teams that have trailed 0-3 in a best-of-7 have battled all the way to a Game 7. It hasn't happened in 20 years.1994 Utah Jazz over Denver Nuggets The 2003 Trail Blazers, 1994 Nuggets and 1951 Knicks all played Game 6 at home and lost Game 7 on the road as the lower seeded team. The Celtics are in the opposite situation. They have Game 7 at home, if necessary.
The 2003 Trail Blazers won by 22 at home in Game 6, then lost by 12 in Dallas a few nights later. The Mavericks won another Game 7 against the Sacramento Kings in the conference semifinals before losing to the eventual champion San Antonio Spurs in the conference finals. The 1994 Nuggets were a No. 8 seed and pulled off a stunning upset of the No. 1 seed Seattle SuperSonics in the first round. The Nuggets won by three in Game 6 against the Jazz but lost by 10 on the road in Game 7. The Jazz got trounced by the eventual champion Houston Rockets in the conference finals.
The 1951 Knicks came the closest to pulling off the miracle comeback. They won by seven at home in Game 6 and lost by only four points in Game 7 in Rochester. That series was the first NBA Finals ever to reach a Game 7. Will the Celtics expand this group to four teams with a Game 6 win on Saturday night? Tip-off from Miami is scheduled for 8:30 p.m. ET.
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