NBA playoffs top seeds Boston and Oklahoma City are in different places heading into Game 5s
Four games into the second round of the NBA playoffs, the No. 1 seeds from each conference find themselves in two different places.
East top seed Boston and West top seed Oklahoma City both made it through the first round with relative ease. After an early stumble to begin Round 2, the Celtics are back home for Wednesday’s Game 5 with a 3-1 series lead over Cleveland, and with a chance to advance to their third consecutive conference final.
Meanwhile, the Thunder return home in a 2-2 tie with Dallas.
Boston is feeling good about how it followed up its Game 2 loss with back-to-back wins in Cleveland. The Celtics didn’t have to contend with Cavaliers’ star Donovan Mitchell, who sat out Monday’s Game 4 with a strained left calf.