Boasting a 54-19 record on the year, the Boston Celtics are 4.5 games behind the 58-14 Cleveland Cavaliers for the rights to the Eastern Conference's No. 1 seed ...

There’s a strong chance the Boston Celtics finish as the No. 2 seed in the Eastern Conference entering the 2025 NBA playoffs. They are 8.5 games behind the first-place Cleveland Cavaliers and 4.5 ...

The belief here the last few years is that there is essentially one team most capable of defeating the Celtics in the playoffs ... still wouldn’t bet against Boston, but there’s more trouble ...

but the Hawks could pass the Celtics in the standings since they own the tiebreaker over Boston with a 2-1 advantage in the season series. Now, clinching a playoff spot is a mere formality for the ...