star knocked down the biggest shot of the night to send Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals into overtime. Play-by-play broadcaster a "double bang" on the telecast when the ball swished through the net. However, he was not the only one with an incredible call for Brown's game-tying, contested three from the corner.
Boston Red Sox legend, , was sitting courtside to support the Celtics and captured the shot on video. He, along with thousands of other Celtics fans, let out screams of joy when Brown tied the contest at 117 apiece with 5.7 seconds left.
Ortiz is no stranger to being a part of clutch moments. He came through when the Red Sox needed him the most many times in his career. In , the equivalent of the conference finals in Major League Baseball, Ortiz stepped up to the plate in the bottom of the eighth inning with the bases loaded and two outs.
Boston trailed 5-1, but he changed the game with one swing. He launched the first pitch he saw from Joaquín Benoit over the right-field wall for a grand slam, tying the game. Ortiz sent Boston fans into a frenzy at Fenway Park.
Eleven years later, he felt the joy those fans felt at Fenway at TD Garden when Brown came through when the Celtics needed him the most. Boston Handled the Pressure Down the Stretch The Celtics are veterans when it comes to handling the pressure late in a playoff run. In contrast, outside of , the young are in unfamiliar territory in the Eastern Conference Finals.
Their inexperience proved costly in t.
