A Question Nobody's Asking

Shank does a column on the Celtics loss last night to the Milwaukee Bucks:

Who really thought the Celtics were going to have it easy?

MILWAUKEE — Admit it, Celtic fans, you were getting a little cocky about this.

The playoff narrative was that the Celtics had fixed everything after their disappointing regular season. They swept the Indiana Pacers in Round 1, then spanked the top-seeded Milwaukee Bucks by 22 points in the first game of the Eastern Conference semifinal. Hot-take artist Paul Pierce announced that the series was officially over and some of us spent 48 hours pondering whether it would be better for the Celts to face the Sixers or the Raptors in the conference final.