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There used to be a time we thought having a couple of superstar players on your team at least guaranteed competitiveness — a chance to win a playoff series and potentially push for a title.
That idea took a hit Monday with the Boston Celtics’ sweep of Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving and the Brooklyn Nets. While Boston has a couple of budding superstars itself, the team as a whole is a lot more carefully constructed than Brooklyn. And that showed up on the court — only Game 1 felt as close as the final score suggested.
