Folks, it’s official.
After the Boston Celtics’ 109-81 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks in Game 7 on Sunday, the Miami Heat and the Celtics will duel in the Eastern Conference Finals for the second time in three years. It marks the fifth ever playoff series between the two teams — the Heat took three of those previous four series, which dates back to 2009-10.
Most recently, the Heat downed the Celtics in six games in the 2019-20 bubble playoffs, capped by a 125-113 defeat in Game 6 after Bam Adebayo’s demonstrative 32-point, 14-rebound, five assist effort.