Going into the NBA Finals, should the Boston Celtics be worried….

With the Boston Celtics winning last night’s game against the Indiana Pacers 105-102, they punched a ticket to the NBA Finals. A place the Celtics haven’t been since 2022 when they lost to the Golden State Warriors 4-2. Since the Celtics were the first team to get to the NBA Finals, they will have to wait on the winner of the Dallas Mavericks and Minnesota Timberwolves series to find out who they will play.

With the Dallas Mavericks being up 3-0, with game and four tonight, it will almost certainly be the Mavericks. Since no team has ever come back from being down 0-3 in NBA history, the only question is how many games will it take for the Mavericks to advance and whether will they be able to get the same type of rest as the Celtics are going to be getting. While the Celtics wait on who they will be playing, should the Celtics already be concerned heading into the NBA Finals as their path to get there has been one of the easiest in recent years?

The Boston Celtics opened up the 2024 NBA playoffs in the first round against the Miami Heat, a team that has given them trouble in recent years in the playoffs. However, this time around Jimmy Butler, the Heat’s best player, missed the whole series due to an injury he suffered in the play-in-tournament. The Celtics were easily able to take care of business winning the series 4-1 in which all of their wins came by 10 or more points.