The two Eastern Conference ball clubs have played each other evenly in the NBA's 2024-25 regular season slate of games they have shared the court in to date. Both have had some blowouts, as well, but by and large seem evenly matched so far in the 82-game season.

Donovan Mitchell scored 41 points and the visiting Cleveland Cavaliers rallied past the Boston Celtics Friday night in an Eastern Conference showdown.

Do the Cleveland Cavaliers have an advantage over the Boston Celtics in a 7-game postseason series? The two surefire, bona fide contenders in the NBA's Eastern Conference have played each other even so far in the 2024-25 regular season slate of games the Cavs and Celtics have shared the court for,

Can the Cleveland Cavaliers dethrone the Boston Celtics in the NBA's 2025 Eastern Conference Playoffs? As recently as the third of four meetings between the two East contenders ago, that question might not have seemed worth too much thought given how easily the Celtics dispatched the Cavs in the 2024 East Playoff series the two teams shared.