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Mark Murphy, Boston Herald
In past postseasons of the Brad Stevens era, the Celtics have basically melted in LeBron James’ presence. Heading into yesterday they were 1-8, consistently falling to a Cleveland star at the peak of his powers.
But that’s what is funny about this year’s Celtics.
“We have a lot of guys that really just don’t care,” said Marcus Smart. “Our whole life we’ve been fighting. Bigger opponents than us, and playing LeBron and that Cavs team is great — they’ve been here for a reason. We have talent as well — we’re fearless.”
There was a lot of money on the end of that bench in street clothes, including $48.9 million just between Kyrie Irving and Gordon Hayward. But as the Celtics have shown repeatedly this season, no one has spent a lot of time worrying about all of those untapped funds.
