It’s the small smile you wear on the inside, because no one needs to know it but you. It’s the feeling when nobody believes in you, but you find out — again — that your own belief is enough.
When are you going to start believing in the Miami Heat, America?
Boston going in had a 97% chance of advancing over Miami, said the analytics of ESPN’s Basketball Power Index computers. The betting public nodded like Bobbleheads in making the Celtics an overwhelming favorite in this NBA Eastern Conference finals series, and a near double-digit pick in Game 1 in Boston on Wednesday night.