The Celtics are treating Thursday night's Game 6 against the Cavaliers as their own personal Game 7.

They hope to close out the series at home, avoiding a potential seventh game back in Cleveland this weekend.

"If we lose [Game 6] at home, we've got to go back to Cleveland, and even though we know we can win there, at the same time, that's their house, that's their environment," Celtics forward Glen Davis said.

"It's just a tough situation. Sure, it's hard to win three games in a row, but at the same time, the Suns did it. They pulled it out. The Lakers did it. Orlando did it. We've got to win this game."

Kevin Garnett said in his postgame comments following Game 5 that the Celtics wanted to avoid returning to Cleveland.

"We haven't [won anything yet]," Celtics coach Doc Rivers urged.

"Listen guys, we've got one home game left in this series. We haven't done anything and we've made that clear. You know we're going to get Cleveland's best shot. You know LeBron is going to play an amazing game. And we're going to have to absorb that and still win the game."