Among fans of the Boston Celtics, the news the club would face 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’ fan base was actually disappointed.
To be fair, the Miami Heat have been something of a nightmare for Boston over their past 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.
Listen to the “Celtics Lab” podcast on:
Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3zBKQY6
Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3GfUPFi
YouTube: https://bit.ly/3F9DvjQ
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