No team in NBA history has ever come back from a 3-0 deficit in a best-of-seven series, the task now before the Nets.
The Celtics have swept an opponent out of the postseason in a best-of-seven series seven times in their history, most recently in 2020, when they took care of the Philadelphia 76ers in the first round in the NBA bubble at Disney World. In the previous 15 times Boston has taken a 3-0 series lead, it's gone on to win in five games or fewer 14 times, with only the 2010 Orlando Magic forcing so much as a sixth game.
Across sports, four NHL teams and one MLB team have ever come back from 3-0 series deficits. A Boston team has been involved in two of those case: The Red Sox, of course, won four straight against the New York Yankees in the American League Championship Series in 2004, but the Bruins lost four straight against the Philadelphia Flyers in the second round of the 2010 Stanley Cup Playoffs.
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