BOSTON -- As LeBron James waited to inbound the ball late in the first half of Sunday's Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals, a single piece of green confetti danced toward him.
It was not a premature celebration for a Boston Celtics team building what would be a 26-point halftime lead -- the worst postseason deficit ever endured by a James-led team -- nor was it a troll of the Philadelphia 76ers and their Game 3 snafu last round.