The Celtics‘ Eastern Conference Finals showdown against the Heat isn’t quite done yet.
Facing elimination for the third time in the postseason, the Celtics improved to 3-0 — albeit trimming their deficit against the Heat to just 3-1 — with a 116-99 victory that sent the series back to Boston.
Here are the takeaways.
1. We will get to all the good things the Celtics did, and there were a great number of them.
But before we do, the state of the series requires us to bring up the context once again: Can you imagine if the Celtics had taken care of business once, just once, before this?