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The Eastern and Western Conference Finals are in full swing and for the 2nd straight season, the Celtics are not participating. That is the first time that has happened in consecutive seasons since 2015 and 2016.
That is a lot of Celtics logos.
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I decided to look back at those series, how the Celtics got there and what we were feeling as fans afterwards.
2017: Cavaliers 4, Celtics 1
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After the Celtics beat the Bulls and Wizards to advance to the 2017 Eastern Conference Finals (long live the Kelly Olynyk Game) they were set up to play LeBron James, Kyrie Irving and the Cleveland Cavaliers.
The series started and it became very clear that the Celtics were just overmatched by the Cavaliers. After losing Game 1 by 13 points, Cleveland humiliated Boston by 44 points in Game 2, 130-86.
Isaiah Thomas would miss the final three games of the series. After he led the Celtics all the way to the conference finals with his huge scoring games and clutch 4th quarters, this series made it clear the Celtics had a ceiling on them with Thomas as their best player.
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The Celtics would comeback from 21 points down and win Game 3 behind 27 points from Marcus Smart, 20 points from Avery Bradley and a perfect 4/4 shooting from Jonas Jerebko. It was Bradley’s game winner that won the day for Boston.
42 points from Kyrie Irving in Game 4 would put Cleveland up 3-1 and Boston’s season would end with a 33-point loss on their home floor. The 2017 Eastern Conference Finals was a sour ending to a great season. The Isaiah Thomas led-Celtics are fondly remembered by all but at the end of the day, it became clear that Boston just could not compete with…
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