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are more successful than their recent predecessors.
The Celtics disposed of the Sixers in five games in 2018. The Toronto Raptors eliminated them on Kawhi Leonard’s four-bounce buzzer-beater in Game 7 in 2019. So there has to be some pressure to close out the series Thursday night and make sure the Celtics don’t gain any momentum with a Game 7 back at TD Garden.
“Still, you gotta get to four [wins] no matter what. No matter how it’s done, you gotta get to four. And [leading 3-2] you hadn’t done anything. We talked about that a lot today.”Sixers vs. Celtics Game 5 takeaways: Joel Embiid’s maturity, Tyrese Maxey’s breakout, Tobias Harris’ rebounding But this could also be a defining moment for Rivers. He’s been unable to advance to the conference finals in not only his first two seasons in Philly, but the previous seven coaching the Los Angeles Clippers. In 2008, however, he led the Celtics to an NBA championship over the Los Angeles Lakers. His Celtics later lost to the Lakers in the 2010 Finals, and they reached the conference finals two seasons later.
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