The 2024-25 NBA regular season is officially in the books for the Boston Celtics, and the 2025 NBA Playoffs quickly coming into focus for the team. The Celtics' postseason defense of their 2024 NBA Championship begins in earnest on April 20 after their second consecutive 60-win regular season, and we have the path Boston will need to traverse to get back to the league's biggest stage all but finalized.

We say 'all but' given we won't know whether the second-seeded Celtics play the Atlanta Hawks or the Orlando Magic in the first round until they sort out their play-in tilt, but from there, the field is largely set. Which teams look to be the biggest challenge for Boston? What are the other matchups looking like?

The hosts of the CLNS Media "Celtics Lab" podcast, Alex Goldberg, Cameron Tabatabaie, and Justin Quinn, take a close look at the postseason landscape in this week's episode of the show, with a look back at the regular season and our predictions on how it would play out for good measure. Tune in to get your playoff bearings -- and see how we did.

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