On May 28, Beijing time, the Celtics defeated the Heat 104-103 on the road, White made up for a basket, won three consecutive victories in the East Final, and drew the total score to 3-3, and the two sides will enter the tie-for-seven battle. The Green Army thus became the fourth team in history to be 3-0 down and able to push into a tiebreaker. Tatum was 0-of-8 from three-point range for 31 points and 11 rebounds, Brown had 26 points and 10 rebounds and Smart had 21 points. Butler had 24 points, 11 rebounds and eight assists, but shot just 5-of-21 from the field. Is the first 3-0 reversal in history really coming? Let's look at the other three teams that are just one step away.
The Knicks of the 1951 Finals
The first team to do so is a long way off, the Knicks in 1951. In the finals, they faced the Royals. The Royals quickly won three consecutive games to lead the Knicks 3-0, and in a desperate situation, the Knicks finally broke out. They won by six points in G4, another 3-point advantage in G5, and the G6 Knicks won by another 7 points, chasing the series aggregate to 3-3. The Royals did not continue to lose in G7, eventually defeating the Knicks 79-75 to win the 1951 championship.
The second round of the Nuggets in 1994
In the first round of the 1994 Western Conference playoffs, the Nuggets completed the Black Eight miracle, knocking out the 63-win regular season superSonics. In the second round, the Nuggets were blasted by the Jazz in the first three games, trailing 3-0 on aggregate. Uncle Mu then made a big splash, led the team to win three consecutive games, chasing the total score to 3-3, unfortunately grabbed the seven big games, and the Nuggets did not continue the magical performance. Jazz star Karl Malone had 31 points, 14 rebounds and six assists to beat the Nuggets by 10 points to avoid a big comeback. The Nuggets almost accomplished two miracles in the same season, which is quite admirable.
Trail Blazers in the first round in 2003
In the first round of the 2003 playoffs, the Lone Ranger, first in the West, faced the Trail Blazers, who were eighth in the Upper West. The Lone Rangers soon won three straight games, 3-0 on aggregate, seemingly without suspense, but the Blazers tenaciously began chasing points, G4-G6 won back-to-back victories, and Zach Randolph, who was only 21 years old at the time, scored 25 points, 15 rebounds, 22 points, 9 rebounds and 21 points and 10 rebounds in these three games to make the total score 3-3. In the seven-game tiebreaker, Nowitzki became the hero of the Lone Ranger, he scored 31 points and 11 rebounds and led the team to the promotion.
Now that the Green Army is the fourth team to push into the tie-break, can they go further than the above three teams and become the first team in history to come down 3-0? Let's look forward to it together. The battle between the two sides will be held on May 30, Beijing time.