It certainly didn’t come easy, but after a long, tough series, the Boston Celtics put an end to the Toronto Raptors’ season. Last Friday, they triumphed in a hard-fought Game 7, 92-87, setting up a showdown with the upstart Miami Heat — who dispatched the top-seeded Bucks in five games — in the Eastern Conference Finals.
But while the third round itself may be familiar ground for Stevens and the Celtics, who have appeared in the ECF three times in the past four seasons, this time, they enter in an unfamiliar role: the favorite.