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NBA Fans Had Lots of Jokes About Alex Rodriguez, Derek Jeter Jinxing the Heat in Game 4

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The Celtics are trying to become the first team in NBA history to come back from a 3–0 deficit in a playoff series. The team took the first step Tuesday night with a 116–99 Game 4 win over the Heat in Miami. 

Boston sports fans know all about coming back from 3–0 deficits, as the Red Sox did against the Yankees in the 2004 ALCS, and then going on to win their first World Series since 1918.

During Tuesday night’s game, TNT cameras found two famous members from that Yankees team—Derek Jeter and Alex Rodiguez—sitting courtside.

NBA fans instantly had jokes about a jinx: 

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