If this Celtics team can defeat the Cleveland Cavaliers, they will certainly be one of the most unlikely groups to end up in the NBA Finals.
After the injuries to Gordon Hayward, Kyrie Irving and Daniel Theis, few predicted Boston to even get this far, let alone have a good chance of playing in the NBA Finals. There have been many Finals teams whose appearance there was viewed as unexpected and unusual, but very few as unusual as this Boston group.
The Allen Iverson-led 2000-01 76'ers made it even though no one on the team could score the ball other than The Answer.