For the second straight game, the Celtics regained their identity and executed with their season on the line.
Boston’s Game 5 win over the Miami Heat was far from a fluke. And even though the C’s are just the 13th team in NBA history to force a Game 6 after landing in an 0-3 series deficit, Boston isn’t reinventing the wheel.
Boston’s 3-point shooting has finally reached equilibrium after an extended slump in Games 1-3 of the Eastern Conference Finals.
Jayson Tatum is regularly stuffing the stat sheet, while key contributors like Derrick White and Grant Williams are pulling on the rope.