May 29, 2022, the Celtics beat the Heat in Game 7 to qualify for the NBA Finals. May 29, 2023, the Celtics find the Heat in Game 7 with still a place in the final at stake! It will be this time in Boston, and to achieve an extraordinary feat: to win in a series after being led 3-0. It’s unheard of, and on the Celtics side, confidence is at its maximum!
“It gives you a lot of self-confidence. There’s nothing worse than being down 0-3. We feel like we’ve been to hell and back.” explains Jaylen Brown. “We feel capable of facing any obstacle during the game, the season or the playoffs. But all that means nothing if we don’t give our best on our pitch on Monday night. »
“You don’t judge a man when everything is going well; we judge a team, a group or an individual in the face of adversity”
What Brown appreciates is that he and his teammates walked the talk. They had warned the Heat players before Game 4: “Be careful, don’t give us the opportunity to win a match…”
“We are very happy, we are very grateful… But it will be useless if we bow in our room! We have to stay focused, but we are already happy to have done what we said. he continues, before mentioning the strength of character of this team. “You know, it’s enough to be together. Like when everything goes wrong. That’s when you start to see your personality. This is where you start to see the character of your group. You don’t judge a man when everything is going well; we judge a team, a group or an individual in the face of adversity. »
This adversity is to be led 3-0 in the series, but also to undergo a torrent of rumors and criticism.
“It hit us like a storm. We can’t do worse in the playoffs, with such a way of playing, and look how we reacted. No one has ever managed to win a series after losing the first three games, and there are only four or five teams who have managed to force a Game 7. That is to say if the group we have is unique . Our group is unique! Sometimes it takes a bit of luck to win a game, and tonight was an amazing game and some amazing action at the end.
Now up to Game 7, and Brown did not hesitate to show it with his fingers to the Miami public. Monday evening, it will be in Boston, in an atmosphere of madness.
“Honestly, I can’t imagine it… I know those fans, you could even hear them here in Miami, so I can’t even imagine what it’s going to be like for Game 7. It’s going to be huge. “Game 7″ are the two most beautiful words in sport and I know our audience will bring energy”
