Why do the Boston Celtics have such a bad habit of losing Game 2s in the NBA playoffs?
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Why do the Boston Celtics have such a bad habit of losing Game 2s in the NBA playoffs? Since they have won the 2024 NBA Championship alone, they have lost more times (4) than they have won (3) in the second contest of a postseason series. And this despite going 20-5 in the postseason in all other playoff games played by the Celtics!
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Most recently, this pattern has been repeated against the Philadelphia 76ers, a solid if not exactly contention-level ball club Boston always seems to be up against in the first round of the NBA's Eastern Conference Playoffs. And while there seems to be little chance of the Sixers actually beating their Atlantic Division foe another three times in this series, the end result is maddening just the same.
The folks behind the "NBA on ESPN" YouTube channel put together a clip on the subject from their "Hoop Collective" podcast hosted by senior league reporter Brian Windhorst with cohosts Tim McMahon and Tim Bontemps. Check it out below!
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