Boston Celtics projected to face Brooklyn Nets in first round again for third season running

Given the recent trend of the two Atlantic Division foes meeting, it’s a reasonable outcome.

It might be a little early for most fans of the Boston Celtics to start thinking about playoff seeding for the 2023 NBA Playoffs, but for Bleacher Report NBA analyst Greg Swartz, it’s been time to dip one’s toes in that particular pool for some time now.

And the B/R analyst put together a projection of how the East seeding situation will play out from Nos. 1 to 8 — and then did it again for the league’s West as well. That exercise of course included the Boston Celtics, who Swartz sees as destined to collide with their Atlantic Division foe, the Brooklyn Nets, in the first round once again as the top seed in the East.

“Things couldn’t be going much better for these Celtics,” begins the B/R writer.