Every time the C's lose game 1, I end up going through my mental roladex of teams who lost Game 1 and were fine. Usually starts with Bulls vs Lakers in '91 but then I quickly jump to more recent times:
C's vs Sixers last round
C's vs Heat '22
C's vs Bucks '22
Warriors vs C's '22
Bucks vs Hawks '21
Bucks vs C's '19
Ha, encouraging and discouraging at the same time. 4 of the 5 last playoff series by the Celtics, the team who lost Game 1 wins the series. Hopefully after this series the record goes to 5 of 6.
And if the team goes down 0-2, I already have other series locked and loaded ready to go:
C's vs Bulls '17
Bucks vs Suns '21
Bucks vs Nets '21
Raptors vs Bucks '19