With one meaningless game left to play tonight against the Bucks, the Celts have clinched the 4 seed in the East. They will be taking on Dwayne Wade and the 5th seeded Miami Heat in the first round of the playoffs. The official playoff schedule comes out later today, but they will most likely begin the best of 7 series in Boston this weekend.
Boston beat Miami all three times they played this year, but they were all pretty close (92-85, 112-106, 107-102). One win took a miracle ally oop pass to Rondo from Pierce with .6 secs left to send it into overtime, where Boston prevailed. Miami is a defensive minded team and are completely dependant on star guard Dwayne Wade. Rondo should have a big advantage playing PG Carlos Arroyo, and Garnett should be able to contain their second best player Michael Beasley. If you ask the Big 3 none of them care who they play or where they play. They all have been looking forward to the playoffs since the first day of practice.
This has been one hell of a roller coaster season for the C's. Many ups, but many more downs for this veteran team. Early on many analysts favor the Celtics in the best of 7 series. When asked if the Heat have a chance at winning this series TBS analyst Charles Barkley replied, "No. The Celtics are going to be energized and fresh for the first round. Quite frankly, Miami is just a decent team. Dwyane is that great and he's playing with a bunch of Marlon Jacksons, Tito Jacksons." Yes it is coming from Barkley's mouth but it does carry some substance…
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