Boston meets Miami

The Celtics begin the trudge toward the title

1. BOSTON VS. 8. MIAMI

CELTICS

Prediction: 54-28, tops in the East
Actual: 67-15, tops in the East

What went right: Leprechauns, man. Everywhere.

Leprechauns got to the new additions, the little weasels. Derrick White looks like he was born in green & white, Kristaps Porziņģis carried his Wizards’y-ways toward another standout season. Jayson Tatum puts work in, stronger every winter, fades less, Jaylen Brown reads the posts and steadied his senses and then Celts added Jrue Holiday.