Celtics Struggle at Home, Head to Philly

It's April 29th.

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I'm Cory with the story.

The Boston Celtics dropped their second home game this postseason, falling 113-97 against

the Philadelphia 76ers in game 5.

What was supposed to be a chance to close out the series?

Turned into a tough, 1-2 punch at TD Garden, leaving Boston 1-2 at home.

And this, first round matchup.

This isn't the first time the Celtics have stumbled on their own court during playoffs.

Last year they went 4-3 at home, and even in their championship run the year before, two

of their three losses came right there in Boston.

Roe games seemed to bring out their best, which is the opposite of what any team wants.

Players like Payton Pritchard admitted they can't quite pinpoint the issue, but it might

boil down to getting too comfortable at home.

Sloppy turnovers and late game fouls killed their momentum in that last outing, turning

solid effort into a double-digit defeat.

Adding to the mystery, the Boston Bruins sharing the same arena are struggling too, going

to and 10 at home in recent postseason games, and still.

Windless in their series against Buffalo.

Some fans are even joking about a TD Garden curse.

Boston heads to Philly for games 6 on Thursday, no time to dwell.

They know they have to flip the script and dominate wherever they play to advance.