Teams that win the first two games of the NBA Finals at home have won the series 84.4% of the time. The chance to move halfway to his first championship prompted Jaylen Brown to take an approach that ignited the loudest crowd at TD Garden last year.
Teams that win the first two games of the NBA Finals at home have gone on to lift the Larry O'Brien Trophy 84.4% of the time . The chance to move halfway to his first championship and help lead the Celtics to Banner 18 prompted Jaylen Brown to take an approach that ignited the loudest crowd at TD Garden last year.
After saving its season with a 95-86 road victory vs. the 76ers in their Eastern Conference Semifinal clash last postseason, the three-time All-Star, disappointed by a home venue that felt more like a library than a basketball arena in Boston's Game 5 loss,"I'm hoping that it's gonna be loud, and it's gonna be rockin'," voiced Brown before returning home for Game 7.
"The energy in the Garden has been okay at best all playoffs. Game 7, if you there, or if you not there, if you in your home, if you're watching at a bar, if you're watching down the street at a friend's house, I don't care, I need you to be up, I need you to come with the energy because we gonna need every bit of it. No excuses. We need everybody, so I'm calling you guys out. Let's make sure the Garden is ready to go.
"I thought the crowd was good," stated Brown. "I think we can be a little bit better. So, I expect us to be even louder. Sunday, we're gonna need our fans to be hype. It's not just team vs. team. It's crowd vs. crowd. It's gas station vs. gas station. supermarket vs. supermarket. It's the whole city vs. the whole city. We need everybody."
Brown's challenge to the home crowd worked in Game 7 against the Sixers a year ago. It figures to have the same influence on fans attending Sunday's matchup. If it helps produce the same outcome, the Celtics may head to Dallas having put the Mavericks in a hole too deep to climb out of.Bobby Krivitsky's experiences include covering the NBA as a credentialed reporter for Basketball Insiders.
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