The Celtics are the sixth franchise to grab the No1 seed in the East in the past six seasons – Chicago did in 2012, followed by Miami, Indiana, Atlanta, Cleveland and now Boston. A rogue Portland fan still relishing the club’s triumph of 2015 might also have been the guilty party. And I think, ultimately, we just all tried to do our part in letting him know we were thinking about. Golden State and Cleveland remain favorites to reprise their NBA finals match-up, but it’s not inevi.