not many would have thought of the rally that the boston celtics have pulled off in the nba playoffs to stand level with miami heat at 33 in their eastern conference finals after being down 03 in the bestofseven series miami were at the brink of reaching the nba finals after winning the first three games but now stare at the historic possibility of becoming the first team in nba history to lose after taking such a leadthe winner will take on denver nuggets in the nba finals after an astonishing gamesix finish that left the celtics dumbstruck and the miami heat reeling the two teams must now pick themselves up to do battle again in mondays decisive game 7and neither expects anything less than another epic battle in bostonfacing elimination the celtics won 104103 in miami on saturday thanks to a heartstopping buzzerbeater tipin from derrick white and pulled level at 33 in the bestofseven eastern conference finalsmomentum and form suggest the celtics are on course to complete an unprecedented comeback but heat coach erik spoelstra was quick to offer a reminder that his team has a habit of bouncing back from blowsmiami lost a first playin game to atlanta before beating chicago and entering the playoffs as the eighth seedthe heat then defeated the topseeded milwaukee bucks before taking out the new york knicks and grabbing a surprise threegame lead over bostonwhen we say we did it the hard way there were some bonecrushing losses where we did the right things and then lastsecond shots just for the wins against us said spoelstra who has won two nba championships with the heatthe competitive spirit of this group we are never to be denied even after games like that we would always come back the next game and find a way to get a win thats what we have to do right nowbut that will require more than competitive spirit and the right mindset the heat need star jimmy butler to rediscover his form from earlier in the seriesover the first three games of the eastern conference finals he was shooting at 460 from the field but in the last three that number has dropped to 365 and on saturday he made only 5of21 attempts from the flooradding to the misfire bam adebayo made just 4of16 attempts but spoelstra said such numbers were of no interest to himi dont give a damn what they shot we were up one we may win this thing as ugly as it has ever been done i dont care what guys shoot he saidits the competitive will that im talking about and those guys are going to bring it on its the playoffsai imagejayson tatum who led the celtics with 31 points on saturday knows his team must quickly rid itself of the sense of jubilation caused by the manner of their victorywere all aware its not time to celebrate he said we didnt accomplish anything we won a big game