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One more to go

Posted by Gary Dzen, Boston.com Staff May 29, 2008 02:08 AM

With a win Wednesday night in Game 5 against the Pistons, the Celtics are now one win away from the NBA Finals.

"That don’t even sound right," said P.J. Brown. "It's unbelievable."

Game 6 is in Detroit on Friday night, and while the Celtics would love to close out the series then, they've assured themselves on one more opportunity to do that at home.

Just don't tell that to the coach.

"We hope we don't think like that, with two games to do it," said Doc Rivers. "We've just got to think about the next game. We've got to have a great focus and a great intensity there. You know, they've won titles, they've been in this position before. We just have to go in there and play our game."

The face of Detroit's experience is Chauncey Billups, and the Pistons point guard spoke confidently after Game 5.

"We're obviously in a must-win situation," said Billups. "The good thing about it is we're going home. We'll be in front of our fans. You know, we've been here before. We've been here before, and we don't like being in this position, but we've fought hard. We've fought really hard in this game, and we'll be definitely ready for Friday's game."

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3 comments so far...
  1. when we are on there is no one that can stop us but when we are off we really really fall apart. seems like when we go up big we get scared and just dont keep playing hard. to's, dumb fouls, and mental errors add up and the big lead goes down

    Posted by Alex May 29, 08 12:47 PM
  1. Great team spirit! I think they won't let this opportunity to slip out of their hands!!

    Check out GREAT video story about Kendrick Perkins:

    http://www.sports-moments.com

    Posted by vmfan May 29, 08 02:59 PM
  1. The lords of basketball have heard my prayers. Maybe they'll make sure GINO dances his way up to the pearly gates!

    We want gino! You know what I'm talkin' about!

    www.wewantgino.com

    Posted by waha May 29, 08 05:33 PM
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