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No team in NBA history has ever come back from down 3-0 to win a playoff series.

The Boston Celtics can become the first to do it tonight.

After dropping the first three games of the Eastern Conference Finals, the Celtics could be found as high as +800 to win the series at FanDuel. At the time, Boston was +1500 to win the title.

Fast-forward exactly one week later, and the outlook is drastically different.

The Celtics are a seven-point favourite for Game 7. Boston is -300 on the money line at FanDuel. That number represents a 75 per cent implied win probability.

Jayson Tatum and company have done everything they needed to do to put themselves in position to advance. Will they finish the job at home tonight?

NBA teams are 150-0 all-time when leading 3-0 in the postseason.

However, based on the odds for Game 7, the traders at FanDuel clearly believe the Celtics can make history tonight and push that record to 150-1.

This is the Morning Coffee for Monday, May 29, 2023.

Celtics a heavy favourite to win Game 7

The NBA Eastern Conference Finals have been an absolute roller-coaster.

Just ask anyone who bet on either team to advance.

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If you wagered on the Heat to win the series at +410 at FanDuel ahead of Game 1, then you had to feel pretty good about that ticket after Miami took a 3-0 series lead.

The Heat went from +410 all the way to -1300 to win the series.

Seven days later, the Heat are +245 to advance after failing to close out Game 6 on their home floor.

Anyone who bet on Miami to advance was literally 0.3 seconds away from cashing that ticket.

Derrick White was THE INBOUNDER on this play! In less than 3 seconds, he: 1) Inbounded the ball. 2) Spaced to the corner for a