With the NBA season in the bubble coming to a close, teams had to deal with a playoff run unlike any other. No home field advantage. No air travel. Limited access to any sort of a normal life, including family for the most part. Even complaints about lackluster nourishment in Disney World.
For the Boston Celtics, a lot felt so different, yet the final result felt like a gruesome repetition of a horrible past — yet another exit oh so close to an NBA Finals appearance. With the best regular season team in the NBA going down at the hands of the Miami Heat, the Celtics faced that playoff juggernaut for a chance at an Eastern conference crown, only to find themselves victim to the 5-seed miracle Heat themselves.