Cavaliers. The first round of the NBA playoffs rolls on with not one, not two, but three series-deciding Game 7s — all in the Eastern Conference. It’s the most Game 7s in the first round since 2014. So,

The Celtics legend Paul Pierce put the Pistons on blast after their Game 7 debacle against the Cavaliers Monday.

The Detroit Pistons finished above them in the 2025-26 regular season standings and are still playing in the postseason, so it would be hard to say Boston is a better ball club. And despite a bad regular season campaign, the Cleveland Cavaliers are still playing ball, so does this mean that the Celtics are now the fifth-best team in the East?

"The East runs through Detroit." Those were the famous last words of Jalen Duren in early April when the Pistons clinched the No. 1 seed in the Eastern Conference, ensuring home-court advantage throughout the NBA playoffs.

The Boston Celtics are smart enough to know how detrimental their frontcourt was in their playoff elimination. They could solve that problem by taking advantage of the predicament coming Motown's way this summer.

Today in Boston Celtics history, in 1995, the Celtics dismissed their coach at that time, former Boston guard Chris Ford