NBA Playoffs: How many teams have overturned 0-3 deficit before Celtics vs Heat series?

The Celtics won the Game 6 against the Heat in the last second to force a decider in Boston on Monday.

LeBron James scored 23 points in Game 3 but could not take the Lakers to a win. | Photo Credit: AFP

Boston Celtics forced a seventh game against Miami Heat to stand a chance to become the first team to win an NBA Playoffs series after losing the first three games.

Earlier in the season, Los Angeles Lakers sufferd a home defeat at the hands of Denver Nuggets to fall 0-3 behind in the Western Conference Finals of the NBA Playoffs 2023.

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This Eastern conference final becomes the 151th series where a team has trailed 0-3 after the first three games. So far, no team has been able to overturn this deficit - making the teams’ record 0-150.

Of these 150 instances, 11 teams have been able to stretch the series to a sixth game. Further, only three have managed to force a series decider.

Portland Trailblazers in 2003, Denver Nuggets in 1994 and New York Knicks in 1951 are the teams to have levelled the series 3-3 after losing the first three games.