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Can Luke Kornet step up again? — 6:00 p.m.
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By Amin Touri
So, the real question tonight is whether the Celtics' Game 5 formula is replicable.
Can they shoot 45 percent from 3-point range again? Will six guys score in double figures? Can Jaylen and Derrick continue as the finest combination of Brown and White since humanity figured out how to perfectly toast a marshmallow? Can
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Perhaps they don't have to be, seeing as there was a 25-point margin of error in that Game 5 win and Boston certainly doesn't need to win by 25 to stay alive. A single point will do.
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