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In Game 3, the Boston Celtics showed the reason they are a conference finals team. The original “Big Three” may be a group of aging Hall of Fame-bound players, but they still have some gas left in the tank.

Even with Ray Allen performing at a mediocre level, Boston won its first game of the series by 10 points and was winning by more than 20 points at the beginning of the fourth quarter.

The reality is the fate of the series is pretty much in the hands of LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and the Miami Heat, but there is a Ray-jon Rondo of hope for basketball’s winningest franchise. After all, they have playoff experience second only to the San Antonio Spurs, so winning on the road in the series isn’t an unrealistic proposition.

If Boston manages to control these areas of the game, it has a chance at pulling off a huge upset.

Don’t forget, the city of Boston is familiar with the greatest comeback in sports history. A trip to the finals this year would fit in nicely to that list.