Did the Boston Celtics get lucky to miss the Miami Heat, or are the Atlanta Hawks the better team?
Among fans of the Boston Celtics, the news breaking that the ball club would be facing the Atlanta Hawks instead of the Miami Heat was generally met with enthusiasm by most fans of the team, but a select subset of the Celtics’ fanbase was actually disappointed by the outcome.
To be fair, the Miami Heat have been something of a nightmare for Boston over their last few postseason meetings, leaving some mental scars that may not quite match the bite of this iteration of the team. But there is a legitimate if non-consensus view that the Celtics may be facing the tougher of the two squads coming out of the 2023- East 7-8 play-in game.
Bobby Manning of the CLNS Media “GArden Report” podcast recently linked up with the Miami Herald’s Wes Goldberg to talk it over.
Check out the lcip embedded above to see how they feel about Hawks-Celtics in the first round of the 2023 NBA Playoffs.
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