Boston Celtics will face Heat or Hawks in first round of 2023 NBA Playoffs

The Boston Celtics will find out their first round opponent on Tuesday as the Miami Heat and Atlanta Hawks face each other in the play-in.

The Boston Celtics‘ opponent in the first round of the 2023 NBA Playoffs has become a bit clearer as the 2022-23 regular season nears its end. The Celtics, who currently hold the second seed in the Eastern Conference standings at the time of this writing, will be facing either the Miami Heat or the Atlanta Hawks in the first round of the playoffs.

Miami and Atlanta will play each other in the seventh seed vs. eighth seed play-in game this coming Tuesday, with the winner of the matchup locked in to take on Boston in round one of the postseason.

While the Hawks seem like a much easier matchup for the Celtics, a possible series against the Heat feels like poetic justice given their recent playoff history with each other.