WALTHAM — The Celtics know that regardless of whether they nail down the Eastern Conference’s No. 1 seed with a win against the Milwaukee Bucks tonight or a Cleveland Cavaliers loss to the Toronto Raptors, few believe they actually deserve the status.
“I mean, we are, so it doesn’t matter what people think,” Avery Bradley said after yesterday’s practice. “We’re the No. 1 seed right now, and it’s our job to take care of business tomorrow.”
The one emotion the C’s don’t express regarding this kind of thinking is surprise. The NBA world naturally is going to keep thinking Cleveland is the team to beat once the playoffs begin this weekend.