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With seven games left in the 2020-21 season, the goal for the Boston Celtics is to avoid the postseason play-in tournament and clinch a matchup with the #3 seed in the Eastern Conference quarterfinals.
If you feel those are underwhelming goals just six months after playing for an Eastern Conference championship, well you aren’t alone. Jaylen Brown becoming an NBA All-Star for the first time in his career has coincided with Boston dropping in the standings and the loss of Gordon Hayward has had more of an effect than many thought his absence would have.