(AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)It’s safe to say at this point that the Boston Celtics have benefited greatly from having home-court advantage in these playoffs. Including their 108-83 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals, Boston is now 8-0 at TD Garden in these playoffs. Meanwhile, in Boston’s five road games, they have been outscored by 45 points – an average of nine points per game. The Cleveland Cavaliers have had one of the NBA’s worst defenses all season long. There has been plenty of talk about how the Boston Celtics are going to try to stop LeBron James in the Eastern Conference finals.

Source: Washington Post May 13, 2018 19:12 UTC