The quest to become the first ever team in NBA history to come back from 3-0 down continues for the Boston Celtics as they host Miami in Game 5 at TD Garden. Tip-off is set for 8.30 ET on TNT. I've prepared a Same Game Parlay which is available below.
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Boston Celtics -8 Point Spread (-108)
Emotions will be high in Thursday's game at TD Garden after the Celtics beatdown of Miami in Game 4. After that embarrassing loss in Game 3, not a lot of Celtics fans expected their team to be back for another game, but here we are. If there was ever a game fans needed to lift their team for, it's tonight's. As a city Boston has experience with teams coming back from 3-0 deficits, the Red Sox did it back in 2004 over the NY Yankees, can you imagine the Celtics doing the same here? The odds are against them, but Game 4 gave them a glimmer of hope as we finally saw the Celtics that dominated the regular season, as opposed to the one that seemingly quit on the defensive end in the last 2 series of the postseason. Jayson Tatum finally woke up, but Game 5 won't be all about him I believe. In Tuesday's victory the Celtics recorded 28 assists and played stellar defense, that is the way to another win tonight and I'm confident they'll win this one with ease and force a Game 6.