The Celtics fall to the 76ers 116-115 and the series is now tied 2-2. This was a game that Jaylen Brown absolutely dominated in early but nobody else got it going. JB scored 12pts in the first 8 minutes BUT also got in foul trouble so once Joe subbed him out, the 76ers went on a 12-4 run for the remaining 4:33 and ended the first quarter with an 8pt lead. Tatum was horrible in the first half making his first bucket with about a minute to go in the second quarter. He turned it on in the second half and was excellent the rest of the way. Offensively, this was a pretty solid game for the Celtics outside of that first quarter. They scored 31pts in the 2nd and 33pts in the third but that 19pt first quarter killed the Celtics. They fell down by as many as 16 in the 2nd quarter but give them some credit because they battled back in this one taking a lead down the stretch.

A huge part of their comeback was because of our defensive intensity. Horford was a huge part of that with 3blks in that 4th quarter and Marcus Smart also came up huge on that end as well. He took a massive charge on Embiid while we were up 112-111 but was also a catalyst on the offensive end during that comeback. He hit 2 big 3s including one that put the Celtics up 102-98. The big blunder in this game was the Embiid double team by JB that left James Harden wide open for a 3 that put Philly up 116-115 with :19 left. James Harden is the last guy you want to leave wide open in this game. It took Embiid to play like an MVP and James Harden to put up 42pts to win by 1 in OT. At the end of the day, we lost. It doesn't matter by how much or by how little but here we are with a best of 3 series with 2 of those games in Boston if it makes it to a game 7.