Whether you’re adept at understanding how the NBA’s new play-in game affects the Boston Celtics’ postseason picture or totally clueless how this new wrinkle shakes up the usual way the playoffs go down, we think we can help make understanding exactly what the Celtics are looking at in this new end-of-season series designed to help make Boston’s seeding make sense.
With each win or loss potentially critical for where the Celtics will finish their season — and with it, who they will face and in what format come the postseason — we’ve put together this guide to help you make sense of Boston’s postseason situation on a game-to-game basis-
After the loss to the Miami Heat, the Celtics’ postseason picture has really taken a turn for the worse, but let’s dive into what exactly the play-in tournament does first.
Celtics fall behind early, fail to come back to lose 130 – 124 to Heat at TD Garden https://t.co/vAtjpc6HDC
— The Celtics Wire (@TheCelticsWire) May 9, 2021