BOSTON -- The math is simple.
A win by Boston over the Milwaukee Bucks on Wednesday night, or a Cleveland Cavaliers loss to the Toronto Raptors, would give the Celtics their first Eastern Conference regular-season crown since 2008 -- the last time they won the NBA championship.
Cleveland's LeBron James, who along with Kyrie Irving didn't play Monday in the Cavaliers' overtime loss at Miami that kept the Heat alive in the playoff chase, will sit out Wednesday's finale -- with the status of Irving and Kevin Love up in the air.