The two Eastern Conference ball clubs have played each other evenly in the NBA's 2024-25 regular season slate of games they have shared the court in to date. Both have had some blowouts, as well, but by and large seem evenly matched so far in the 82-game season.

How would a postseason series between the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Boston Celtics end up going if the two Eastern Conference contenders collided in the 2025 NBA Playoffs? Over the course of the current regular season,

The Cleveland Cavaliers were probably already going to finish first in the East and head into the playoffs with home-court advantage over the defending champions. But on Friday night, in the last meeting of the regular season between the Cavs and the Boston Celtics,

Can the Cleveland Cavaliers dethrone the Boston Celtics in the NBA's 2025 Eastern Conference Playoffs? As recently as the third of four meetings between the two East contenders ago, that question might not have seemed worth too much thought given how easily the Celtics dispatched the Cavs in the 2024 East Playoff series the two teams shared.

Do the Cleveland Cavaliers have an advantage over the Boston Celtics in a 7-game postseason series? The two surefire, bona fide contenders in the NBA's Eastern Conference have played each other even so far in the 2024-25 regular season slate of games the Cavs and Celtics have shared the court for,

With Friday night's comeback win over the Boston Celtics, the Cleveland Cavaliers have firmly established themselves as the beasts of the East.

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