Hot take: This team is pretty good

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Originally Posted by james evans

celtics were never close to being eliminated. They went 7 with the hawks,beating them in a game 7 that wasn't really that close. Had a close game 7 in 2nd round against the cavs in which Lebron and Pierce had a Bird vs Wilkins type game but there was no last shot to win the game. They had it. Beat Detroit in 6 and LA in game 6 by almost 40. Exactly which series did they almost get eliminated?

If a series goes seven, it's close, imo, regardless of whether the final game was close. And the Cavs had a shot to win their series late; that is even closer.