The Boston Celtics eliminated the defending NBA champion Milwaukee Bucks with a 109-81 victory on Sunday in the Eastern Conference semifinals. The Celtics will face the No.1 seeded Miami Heat beginning this Tuesday night in what has shaped up to be a rematch of the 2020 East finals.
For those of us with short memories, the Heat beat the Celtics in six games in the bubble that surreal summer in the depths of the COVID-19 pandemic, with the so-called “Heat Culture” (and truth be told, zone defense and exploitable Bostonian guards) proving too much for a less experienced Celtics squad down star forward Gordon Hayward to handle.
The hosts of the CLNS Media “Garden Report podcast recently gave their previews of the 2020 East finals rematch, and the consensus seems to be that while by no means an easy series, that Boston is in a much better position to advance this time around.
