The Celtics have continued to stake their claim as one of the NBA’s elite this season.
Following a 64-win regular season, Boston punched its ticket to the Eastern Conference finals Wednesday, defeating the Cleveland Cavaliers in five games in the second round. With the win, the Celtics will play in the Eastern Conference finals for the sixth time in the last eight seasons.
Despite consistently making the NBA’s final four, the Celtics have yet to get over the last hump in the Jayson Tatum-Jaylen Brown era. As this year appears to be their best season to do that, several NBA pundits believe that it would be a failure if the Celtics failed to win the title this season.