Boston Celtics: 5 great predictions for the 2020-21 NBA season
5. The Boston Celtics will lose in the Eastern Conference Finals . . . yet again:
The Brad Stevens era has been defined by both the Boston Celtics great successes during the regular season and their inability to get over the hump in the postseason.
In three of the past four seasons, the Celtics have finished with one of the three best records in the Eastern Conference.
In all three of those seasons, the Celtics made it to the Eastern Conference Finals. And in all three of those seasons, the Celtics lost in the Eastern Conference Finals.
With largely the same core coming back from last year, it is fair to wonder if anything will change come this postseason.
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So until they prove that they can get over the hump and advance to their first NBA Finals since 2010, I am picking the Celtics to bow out in the Conference Finals . . . yet again.