Eastern Conference Semifinals Game 2

- Celtics: 5-0 at home this postseason; have not started a postseason 6-0 at home since 2008 (started 9-0)

- Celtics: outscoring opponents by 32 points in the 2nd half/OT this postseason (outscored by 12 in 1st half)

- Celtics: 65% chance to win series according to BPI (would move to 77% with a win, 43% with a loss)

- Jayson Tatum (BOS): 3 straight games with at least 20 points; Larry Bird was the last Celtics rookie with 4 straight 20-pt games in the playoffs

- Joel Embiid (PHI): 31 points in Game 1; the only 76ers over the last 30 postseasons with 30 points in consecutive games are Allen Iverson & Charles Barkley

- Ben Simmons (PHI): 7 turnovers in Game 1 (tied for a career-high, reg. season & postseason); 1 of 2 players with multiple 7 turnover games this postseason (Damian Lillard)

- From ESPN Stats and nfo

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