This is the other 2nd round matchup in the Eastern Conference. This is the 4 seed Boston Celtics versus the 8th seeded Philadelphia 76ers. The Celtics just finished off the Atlanta Hawks in 6 games and the 76ers beat the 1 seeded Bulls in 6 games also. That is the 5th time an 8 seed has beaten a 1 seed in playoffs history, but we can agree that the outcome would’ve been different if the current league MVP Derrick wouldn’t tore his ACL in the closing moments of the opening game. Now onto this series between 2 teams who have a history that goes back to the 80s when it was Larry Bird, Kevin McHale and Robert Parrish against Moses Malone and Julius “Dr. J” Erving. Now today’s teams have a fast paced and younger squad led by Andre Iguodala and against the older, slower and more experience Celtics led by the “The Big Three”: Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and Ray Allen with all world point guard Rajon Rando. It is crazy that the Celtics were called old, slow and should’ve been broke up during the season and there was talk of making trades before the deadline but here they are in the next round and I believe they’ll advance into the Eastern Conference Finals. Winner: The Celtics in 5 games.
