Saric comes up big for the Sixers but the team still trails 3-1

Things look a little bleak for the Philadelphia Sixers. Their basketball team is down three games to one in the Eastern Conference NBA semifinals to Boston.

Only nine teams in NBA history have come back from a 3-1 series deficit in the playoffs to win the series so the odds don't favor the Sixers.

The Sixers avoided being swept by the Celtics with a 103-92 win in game four of the series on Monday and they will be hoping to close the gap to three games to two when the two teams clash Wednesday night in Boston.

Sixers forward Dario Saric scored 25 points Monday night which allowed the Sixers to stay alive in the series. Sixers' center Joel Embiid hit for 15 points on Monday and guards T.J. McConnell and Ben Simmons threw in 19 points apiece in the win.

Jayson Tatum led Boston Monday with 20 points. Game Five is Wednesday night in Boston at 8 p.m Eastern Time. A loss for the Sixers would end their season.

A 3-1 deficit, which the Sixers now face, has been overcome 11 times in NBA history. A game seven has been forced 31 times in NBA history after being down three games to one.