“Celtics need to become Pat Riley’s Lakers to win the championship!”: Jayson Tatum and co have to become only the second team in history to do a hattrick of Game 7 wins

Jeet Pukhrambam | 14/06/2022
The Boston Celtics lost a crucial game 5 to the warriors and they now have to win three consecutive game 7s for the title. 

The Boston Celtics lost a crucial game 5 to the warriors and they now have to win three consecutive game 7s for the title. 

There haven’t been many times a team has come back and won their series in a string of Game 7s. The only time it did happen was in 1988.

The Boston Celtics have faced a tough road to the NBA Finals. Their first-round matchup was rather easy, however, from the second round onwards it was a different story.

The Cs faced off against the defending champs, the Milwaukee Bucks. Giannis and his team took them to 7 games. The conference finals saw them face off against the Miami Heat.

Game 6 heroics from Jimmy Butler forced another Game 7 showdown. While the Celtics prevailed, their journey has been nothing short of rough.

A similar fate awaits them in this series. The Golden State Warriors have improved to 3-2 and the Celtics have their work cut out.

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The Celtics need to embody the 1988 Los Angeles Lakers to win the title!

Yes, as bizarre a statement as that sounds, The Boston Celtics need to do what the Los Angeles Lakers did in 1988, winning three consecutive Game 7s. A hattrick of Game 7s if you will.

Led by Pat Riley and featuring the likes of Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and James Worthy, the Lakers team beat the Detroit Pistons in Game 7 of the finals.

In a similar vein, Jayson Tatum and the Boston Celtics need to repeat their arch rivals’ spectacular feat and enter the record books.

The Warriors look formidable the odds of the Celtics winning will be far lower now than before. However, if there is one team with a history of winning Game 7s in this playoffs, it is the Cs.

They will also need to work on their fourth-quarter woes. Superstar Jayson Tatum has not been good in the closing stages of the game and he needs to be if Boston stands any chance of winning.

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Post Edited By: Jeet Pukhrambam
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Jeet Pukhrambam

Jeet Pukhrambam is The SportsRush's Lead Editor for Basketball. After freelancing for five years as an independent writer, Jeet created thousands of blog posts and articles. He now covers intriguing news reports and throwback stories on all things NBA. His interest in NBA started with the ascendancy of Giannis Antetokounmpo in the 2016-17 season. Since then, Jeet has managed to coalesce his knowledge of the game and his writing to create pieces that are reflective of the current state of the league. Now, he ensures that The SportsRush produces the highest quality of writing. In his free time, he enjoys playing football, cooking, traveling, and dancing to techno. Jeet takes pride in his critical thinking, music playlists, and his love for spaghetti.

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