The Celtics broke records in the 2nd half of the season, and went from 11th to 2nd place. Now they'll face Kyrie Irving, a growing nemesis of Boston sports fans. WBUR's simonfrios reports
Karl Volker, the owner of the Underground Express souvenir store in downtown Boston, arranges the hats.
But since Larry Bird and the Big Three in the mid-'80s, the C's have yet to equal the kind of dominance of the Patriots or the Red Sox. They claimed just one NBA title in the past 35 years. The second-half turnaround was so good — vaulting the team from 11th to second place — it ranked as the"Beating teams on the road — and dominating from wire to wire — which is what they've done almost 20 times this season," said Boston journalist Dart Adams as he stood outside TD Garden."These are things that teams that win championships do."
Nets fans chanted"we want Boston" after the team beat Cleveland earlier this week, securing their first-round playoff match with Boston.Boston is considered a four-point favorite in early betting, meaning they'll have to win by more than four points for betters to cash in.That's because the Nets feature former Celtics star Kyrie Irving, who has become an arch-nemesis for Boston ever since moving to Brooklyn as a free agent in 2019.
Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving scrapes his foot on the Boston Celtics logo at mid-court after they defeated the Celtics in Game 4 during an NBA basketball first-round playoff series, Sunday, May 30, 2021, in Boston.
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