If you’ve watched the Boston Celtics any time in recent memory, you likely walked away from their Game 2 loss to the Miami Heat with a feeling of deja vu. Indeed, on multiple levels, the surprise loss at TD Garden feels very akin to what we’ve grown familiar with from the Celtics’ recent performance in the postseason. Though they’ve consistently managed to position themselves as a high seed in the Eastern Conference, it’s rare that they’ve been able to breeze through the first round the way you might expect them to.
The fact that this series feels more uncertain than logic suggests it should, then, is honestly something of a tradition.