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7:00 pm EDT Fri Apr 23, 2010

They’re expecting 19,600 fans to come see the Miami Heat try to save their season, the overwhelming majority of them sure to be dressed in black at the team’s urging. And those ticketholders will be booing someone. Answers shall be forthcoming Friday night when Miami hosts Boston in Game 3, the Celtics looking to move one win away from the second round of the Eastern Conference playoffs and the Heat aiming for just one glimmer of hope that could quickly turn this series back their way. No one need remind Miami of how vital Game 3 is, since no team has ever rallied from an 0-3 deficit in NBA playoff history. At the same time, no one was making any decrees or guarantees at practice Thursday, where somehow—after a 34-10 run in the second half helped give Boston a comeback victory in Game 1, and a wild 44-8 burst turned Game 2 into a Celtics rout—the Heat mood remained upbeat.

Confidence won’t be a problem for Boston, either. Especially after the way the first two games of this series went. The Celtics have now beaten Miami in 13 of the last 14 meetings between the teams, and in the one loss, neither Garnett nor Rondo played. Both will be in the lineup Friday, and Garnett’s return makes a team that just embarrassed the Heat by 29 on Tuesday night will get stronger for Game 3. Garnett has never seen a Miami crowd in the playoffs before, at least not as up-close-and-personal as he will Friday. That being said, Garnett said he still remembers what the place was like when he watched the Heat run to the 2006 NBA title, especially how much the home court was a factor when Miami ousted Detroit that year in the Eastern Conference finals.