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Boston Celtics on the verge of reaching the NBA finals
The Boston Celtics around Jayson Tatum were the best team of the regular NBA season and have so far also made it through the playoffs with ease. Photo
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The Boston Celtics were the best team in the regular NBA season and have also been making a comfortable run through the playoffs so far. They are leading the Eastern Conference finals series against the Indiana Pacers 3-0.
It was not until the final minute that Jrue Holiday brought the Celtics back into the lead. He then managed to win the ball three seconds before the end, before Holiday scored the last points of the game with two converted free throws. Boston’s Jayson Tatum was the outstanding player with 36 points, ten rebounds and eight assists.
The Pacers, who had previously won all of their home games in this year’s playoffs, put in a strong performance but were missing their injured star player Tyrese Haliburton in the closing stages. They now face the task of becoming the first team in NBA history to win a series after trailing 3-0. In 154 cases in which a team has lost the first three games of a series, this has never happened.
Boston, on the other hand, is about to make it to the finals for the second time in the last three seasons. In 2022, the Celtics, including German national player Daniel Theis, lost to the Golden State Warriors. Boston, which is tied with the Los Angeles Lakers with 17 titles, won its last championship in 2008.