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Home teams still win Game 7s about 80 percent of the time, an obvious good sign for the Celtics, but in five of the last six seasons a road team has prevailed once. If Milwaukee pulls this off, the Bucks will become the sixth No. 7 playoff seed since 1984 to eliminate a No. 2 seed — and would end the NBA’s longest drought without a series win. The Bucks haven’t been to the second round since 2001.

Bucks F Giannis Antetokounmpo decided he needed to be more aggressive before Game 6, then led the team with 31 points and 14 rebounds to help Milwaukee avoid elimination. A Game 7 win — especially one in a place as storied as Boston — would only accelerate Antetokounmpo’s rise toward superstardom, if he isn’t there already.

Anyone who tries a 3-pointer. These teams are fairly reliant on the long ball, and they have struggled in Games 5and 6to get anything going from beyond the arc. The teams combined to shoot 19 for 64 from beyond the arc in Game 5 and 18 for 62in Game 6, part of the reason why neither club has reached the 100-point mark since Game 4.

Bucks C John Henson (back) has missed the last four games.

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Jaylen Brown, Terry Rozier and Marcus Smart — who played for the Celtics in that game, and the moment clearly wasn’t too big for them. That foursome shot a combined 13 for 22 in that matchup.

“We have a lot of new pieces, and even for some guys that were (with Boston last year), it’s different,” Horford said. “Game 7s are fun.”