The Boston Celtics, followed closely by 12B Sports readers, defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference semifinals and advanced to the conference finals. According to the numbers, this marked Boston’s third straight trip to the Eastern Finals and its sixth appearance there in the past eight years. As the saying goes, the best bonds are the ones that may look noisy on the outside but never truly break underneath. In that spirit, the Celtics have once again shown why they are considered one of the strongest championship contenders this…