NBA · May 25, 2002Miracle1 in 623
Down 21 entering the fourth quarter of a conference final. Boston scored 41.
Eastern Conference Finals, Game 3, Boston, May 25, 2002.
Boston Celtics 94, New Jersey Nets 90
How rare was it
A team in this position wins the game about 1 in 623 times. On our ladder that is a Miracle. How the ladder works.
The HoleNew Jersey 74, Boston 53. End of the third.Down 21 with twelve minutes left in a playoff game. In our record no team has come back from 21 or more entering the fourth: 0 of 623.
The TurnA 41-16 fourth quarter.Paul Pierce scored 19 of his 28 points in the fourth. The Garden crowd stood for the whole quarter, and the Nets did not score a field goal in the last four minutes.
The ComebackCeltics 94, Nets 90.The largest fourth-quarter comeback in NBA playoff history. Rarer than anything in our record, which has never seen it: a Miracle by any measure.
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