LeBron James had an interesting thought on their stumbles when prompted by Steve Nash on the latest Mind the Game podcast, offering that Boston may get occasionally disinterested by all of their success.

For the first time since the 2020-21 season, the Boston Celtics will not be in the Eastern Conference Finals. After winning the NBA Finals last year, the No. 2 seed Celtics were upset by the No. 3 seed New York Knicks in the conference semifinals,

After winning the NBA Championship last year, many had high hopes for the Boston Celtics in 2024-25, especially since they brought back nearly the exact same team. For the most part, these expectations were met as the Celtics finished the regular season 61-21 and earned the No.

The Indiana Pacers will take on the New York Knicks on Wednesday night in the first game of the Eastern Conference Finals. The Pacers, who have been playing great basketball, won't have an easy task ahead of them with a talented Knicks team coming off a series win against the elite Boston Celtics.

The most legendary Game 7 James played in was during the 2016 NBA Finals between his Cleveland Cavaliers and the Golden State Warriors. The Cavaliers won by a final score of 93-89, becoming the first team in NBA history to erase a 3-1 series deficit in the finals.

Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James suffered a Grade 2 MCL sprain in his left knee in Game 5 against the Minnesota Timberwolves. Had the Lakers won Game 5, James would have missed Game 6.