Majority Of SI.Com's National NBA Experts Pick Boston Celtics Over Miami Heat

The Miami Heat and Boston Celtics meet Wednesday in Game 1 of Eastern Conference finals

The Boston Celtics were the favorite to make the NBA Finals at the beginning of the season. 

They enter the Eastern Conference finals as the favorites. And they are the favorites among SI.com's national NBA staff that includes Chris Herring, Chris Mannix and Rohan Nadkarni. 

Here's a look at their predictions for Miami Heat-Boston Celtics and the rest of the conference finals: 

Herring: Celtics in 7. Even with the questions about Mazzulla’s experience compared to Spoelstra’s, I trust Boston’s talent advantage—and home court advantage—to be enough to get back to the Finals for a second straight year.

Mannix: Celtics in 5. C’mon. Believe your eyes. Boston is better.

Nadkarni: Heat in 6. I am done doubting this confounding Miami team that makes no sense. It has defied the numbers and logic in back-to-back rounds. I’ve also been uninspired by Boston this postseason. Maybe the Celtics finally play up to their potential. But the Heat have been exceeding theirs for a month.

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