If the Milwaukee Bucks want to make a comeback being down 2-0 in this first-round series against the Boston Celtics, they have history completely stacked against them going into Friday night's Game 3 matchup.
According to a tweet from Nick Friedell of ESPN, the Celtics are a perfect 35-0 in best-of-seven playoff series when leading 2-0 in their team's illustrious history.
According to @ESPNStatsInfo the Celtics are 35-0 all-time when they get a 2-0 lead in a best of seven series.
— Nick Friedell (@NickFriedell) April 19, 2018
Celtics point guard Terry Rozier said that despite this 2-0 lead in the series, they will relax and let the Bucks take any momentum away from Boston.
“We're coming out with a mindset that we can forget about taking care of homecourt advantage,” Rozier said, per a video posted to the Celtics' official Twitter account. “We are coming out, we're still going to be aggressive and we coming out to win. That's our goal. We've just got to pay attention to details, we've got to practice today and get ready for tomorrow.”
Head coach Brad Stevens knows that the Bucks will come out strong again like they did in Game 2, so they especially need to be prepared for that at BMO Harris Bradley Center.
“The way that they played out of the gate in Game 2, you could see that they were really coming at us,” coach Stevens said Thursday. “That's no doubt going to be the same in Game 3, especially in their building. We're going to have to play great. We are going to have to play our best game yet in order to have a chance to win.”
Rozier and coach Stevens are both 100 percent right, as Boston simply cannot afford to let a team with as much young talent as the Bucks get back into this series.
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