BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS - MAY 14: Jayson Tatum #0 of the Boston Celtics helps up Jaylen Brown #7 after a play against the Philadelphia 76ers during the fourth quarter in game seven of the 2023 NBA Playoffs Eastern Conference Semifinals at TD Garden on May 14, 2023 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Adam Glanzman/Getty Images)
The Celtics’ 112-88 Game 7 win over the Philadelphia 76ers in the Eastern Conference Semifinals will probably be mostly remembered for the party that it became. The crowd was in a frenzy for most of the afternoon as Jayson Tatum set the NBA all-time Game 7 scoring record, and the Celtics’ punched their ticket to the Eastern Conference Finals for the second time in a row and fifth time in the last seven years.
Again, those will be the lasting memories from this one – but the game wasn’t exactly a feel-good story from the start. The Celtics actually trailed 29-23 in the first quarter, and were down by as many as nine points well into the second.
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