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Have the Boston Celtics ‘flipped the switch’?

By Mike Caliri

INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA - APRIL 21: Kyrie Irving #11 of the Boston Celtics dribbles the ball against the Indiana Pacers in game four of the first round of the 2019 NBA Playoffs at Bankers Life Fieldhouse on April 21, 2019 in Indianapolis, Indiana. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that , by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images)
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA - APRIL 21: Kyrie Irving #11 of the Boston Celtics dribbles the ball against the Indiana Pacers in game four of the first round of the 2019 NBA Playoffs at Bankers Life Fieldhouse on April 21, 2019 in Indianapolis, Indiana. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that , by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images) /
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Coming off a series sweep of the Indiana Pacers, have the Boston Celtics figured things out?

The Boston Celtics toughest test this season will be their second-round matchup against the Milwaukee Bucks in which the Bucks have home court advantage.

Using last year’s playoff series against the Bucks for reference, home court is very important. Neither team won a game on the road in that series.

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The Celtics will need to win at least one in Milwaukee which might be even harder to pull off this year as Milwaukee is no doubt a better team than they were last season.

The jury is still out on the Celtics.

This series will definitively tell us if the Celtics have ‘flipped the switch’ or not.

Their series sweep of Indiana was nice, but I’m not ready to say that anything has changed just because they beat an Oladipo-less Indiana team who’s biggest offensive threat is Bojan Bogdanović.

If the Celtics can come out early in this series and steal a game on the road, then they will have my attention.

This is perhaps the only way the Celtics get out of the second round and it would show a side of this group that we aren’t used to seeing.

The first two games of this series will be very telling as to the true identity of the Celtics. Lose both, they continue to be who they’ve been all season. Win both, then you’ve convinced me, they have flipped the switch. Split, and I’ll give them some credit, but I’ll need to see more.

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If the Boston Celtics can win this series, I’ll be totally convinced and I’ll even take it a step further: If they win this series, you can punch their ticket to the NBA Finals because Philly and Toronto don’t scare me much.

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