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Philadelphia 76ers (3-3) at Boston Celtics (3-3)
Saturday, May 2, 2026
7:30 PM ET
First Round Game #7 Home Game #4
TV: Peacock/NBC
Radio: 98.5 Sports Hub, 97.5 Fanatic, Sirius XM
TD Garden
Officials: James Capers, Tyler Ford, Gedminas Petraitis
It’s win or go home for the Celtics as they host the Philadelphia 76ers for Game 7 of their first round series.
After the Celtics led the series 3-1, they lost Games 4 and 5 to bring the series to a 3-3 tie. The Celtics dominated Game 1 with a 123-91 win over the 76ers. The 76ers topped the Celtics 111-97 in Game 2 to tie the series at 1 game each. The series shifted to Philadelphia where the Celtics squeezed out a win in Game 3 108-100 and dominated the 76ers 113-97 in Game 4.
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After the blow out win in Philadelphia, it seemed as though the Celtics were primed to finish the series at home in Game 5. It appeared that they would do just that as they led by 7 at the half and by 13 in the 3rd quarter. But they completely fell apart in the 4th quarter to lose the game 113-97. The Celtics scored just 11 points in the 4th quarter, shooting just 3-22. In Game 6 in Philadelphia, the Celtics had a similarly poor showing and lost 106-93 to force a Game 7.
Teams that are up 3-1 in a series win the series 95.6% of the time. Teams that are up 3-2 in a best of 7 series wins the series 84% of the time. 357 teams have gone up 3-2 in a series and 300 of those teams won the series. Of those teams, 170 won Game 6 to close out the series while 130 lost game 6 and won Game 7. Only 13 teams have come back from a 1-3 deficit to win the series.
Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum have both had considerable Game 7 experience in their tenure with the Celtics. As a duo, they have played in 7 game 7’s total and have gone 5-2 in those series. Joel Embiid has played in 3 Game 7’s and is 0-3 in those Game 7’s. Tyrese Maxey is 0-1 in his career in Game 7’s Paul George has played in 5 Game 7’s between the Pacers and the Clippers and is 2-3 in those games.
Since 2003, 17 teams have either won their first round series in either 4 or 5 games (74%). Since 2015, every team that won the…
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