We haven’t seen the best of the Boston Celtics in these playoffs yet.
Sure, there have been glimpses. After that shocking Game 2 loss to the Heat, the Celtics made a few adjustments, tightened up their defense, trusted that the law of averages would work in their favor, and successfully walked the tightrope over the first round. Three blowout wins later, they eliminated Miami. An autopsy of their demise only revealed what Boston has done all year to their opponents on their way to a 64-18 regular season record: bury teams under a barrage of threes (nearly averaging 16-of-41 in their wins) and play suffocating defense (96.