Boston Celtics with the promotion towards NBA history

The Boston Celtics are not in a good place, not in a long shot. After the CS had dropped the first two games at home on the New York Knicks in a painful way, they are now facing a promotion to get back into the series – let alone win.

But there is no precedent for a team that comes back and wins, although it is much more difficult than your standard 0: 2 hole. In NBA history, only five teams have recovered and return to win the series.

• 1969 – Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Golden State Warriors in six
• 1994 – Houston Rockets defeated the Phoenix Suns in seven
• 2005 – Dallas Mavericks defeated the Houston Rockets in seven
• 2017 – Boston Celtics defeated the Chicago Bulls in six
• 2021 – Los Angeles Clippers defeated the Dallas Mavericks in seven

The Celtics that are on this list is remarkable, if only the fact that there are some people in the building that were part of this comeback of the first round. Both Jaylen Brown and Al Horford were on the squad and Brad Stevens on the bench as head coach. Horford played considerable minutes in these games, while Brown-Der at that time a rookie War-Um hovered the 10-minute brand.

“You don't want to be in these situations, but I'm happy about it,” said Horford on Thursday. “I'm looking forward to this opportunity we have in front of us.”

Boston rattled with four wins in a row and finally ended up in the final of the Eastern Conference in the first appearance in five years. It is a strong contrast from the group of Celtics, which just started their ascent to the top of the league, to these Celtics, which many expected to repeat themselves as NBA champions.

But Boston is much more talented in 2025 than eight years ago, and although it increases against a more talented team in the Knicks, it is not from the area of ​​the opportunity to condemn the Celtics in the second half of the two games 1 and 2.

This group from Knicks also has a precedent with 2-0 runs. In fact, they did it twelve months ago. Last season New York climbed the Indiana Pacers 2-0 before ultimately fell in game 7 in Madison Square Garden. This time is a little different, considering that these two victories have come on the streets, but there is already a precedent.

Now none of this is important if the Celtics cannot get a victory in game 3 in New York on Saturday afternoon. The ultimate desire to death in the NBA playoffs is a 0: 3 deficit, since no team in the history of the league has ever achieved historical comeback.

Boston came close to in 2023 after he fell 0: 3 to Miami-in who lost the first two games at home-but it was too short in game 7.

So it's not over yet, but the Celtics are dangerously close to a long summer full of questions about the future of this franchise. A few good performances could bring these questions to a standstill – at least for a few more weeks anyway.