Boston Celtics

The first round of the NBA playoffs is in the books and so far everything is status quo. If you read my NBA playoff preview article you will know that this is Cleveland's conference to lose, and that hasn't changed after the first round. All of the top four seeds in the East won their first round series. The first round of the NBA playoffs isn't usually too dramatic when it comes to upsets. While it happens in the NHL every few years, there's only been five instances where a #8 seed has beaten a #1 seed in the NBA. The…

The NBA has always been an extremely top heavy league: The last four champions and seven out of the last nine have been number one seeds. In fact, since the New York Knicks made the 1999 finals as an 8 seed only two teams (#4 seed Boston Celtics in 2010 and #4 seed Dallas Mavericks in 2006) have made the finals as a team seeded fourth or below. This all holds true again this season as there are only a handful of teams with legit shots at hoisting the Larry O’Brien trophy. Eastern Conference Cleveland Cavaliers The…