Tatum: "This Series Is Not Over"
The Celtics have won three straight and come into Game 7 as heavy favorites. None of that matters to Tatum and the Celtics. The only thing they care about now, is winning Game 7. Nothing else matters.
MIAMI— It still doesn’t seem real.
No matter how many replays of Derrick White’s game-winning, put-back basket in Game 6 I’ve seen, it’s still taking a minute to absorb what happened.
The Celtics’ season was saved by an errant shot by Marcus Smart that White rebounded and put-back in - all happening within three seconds.
But what is very real, is the opportunity the Celtics have been given to get back to the NBA Finals when they seemingly self-destructed before White’s put-back lifted them to a 2104-2103 victory to force a Game 7 back in Boston.
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