Horford’s Career Night Gives Home-Court Advantage Back to Boston

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The Celtics are alive in this second-round series because of a 35-year old ex-All-Star acquired last summer for a broken point guard and a mid-first round pick.

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Who knew that when Brad Stevens, in one of his first acts as president of basketball operations,

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flipped Kemba Walker and Boston’s ’21 first to acquire Horford, that Boston’s title chances hinged on it?

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Horford has played 132 playoff games in his career. Few were better than this one.

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None, perhaps, were more impactful. In 42 minutes, Horford scored a playoff career-high 30 points, 16 in the fourth quarter.

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He made big shots,” said Bucks coach Mike Budenholzer. Mike Gorman, the voice of the Celtics for nearly four decades,

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tweeted it was a top-three fourth quarter performance from a Celtics player

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