The Cleveland Cavaliers were sitting at home watching the Eastern Conference Finals, but they certainly could understand some of what the Boston Celtics were feeling. A lower-seeded team knocked both the Celtics and the Cavs out of the playoffs — in fact, lower seeds won seven series in the playoffs thus far.
One of the major reasons that the Celtics lost to the Miami Heat in seven games was how poorly their best players performed. Jayson Tatum was wildly inconsistent for the entire postseason, and when the Celtics needs him most Jaylen Brown was abysmal, shooting 8-for-23 in Game 7 with eight turnovers.