Some Celtics Final Round History Notes

The Boston Celtics (42-1)? (the lone loss in the ’18 semis vs the Cleveland Cavaliers), in previous series with a (2-0) lead (does that include best of 5’s?) are up by that margin in the NBA final round for the ninth time.

In 7 of the 8 previous such situations and 9 of 10 when you count the two times the Celts trailed (2-0), the team trailing (2-0) won #3.

Only in 1959, when they swept the Minneapolis Lakers did the team up (2-0) in an NBA final round involving Boston, did the team, in that situation, the Celtics win game 3.

However, only the Celtics, down (2-0), among those 9 game 3 winners, went on to win the crown.

Bailey Howell (#18) as did Dave Cowens (also #18) played on 2 title teams with the Boston Celtics.

In their one final round in which they went up (3-0), the Celtics twice scored one hundred EIGHTEEN points in that final round vs the Minneapolis Lakers in 1959.