Nothing like a nice overreaction to start off the morning. As tempting as it is to say that the quest for HCA is over with 23 games remaining (27 for the Cavs) and having two more wins and losses than the Cavs

, I'm gonna have to disagree with you. Granted, it stinks that they've lost games to the Pacers, Knicks, Warriors, Bobcats and Clippers (did I miss anyone). And in a race where HCA will most likely come down to a couple games, losses like that really hurt.
I will say bye bye to HCA when there if there is one game left and we're 2 back of the Cavs. Other than that, I see no reason why the Celtics can't still do it. And if they don't, I'm not worried. As Doc said, he'd take a 7th seed at 100% than a #1 seed at 75%. If we play the Cavs, which barring injuries seems like almost a foregone conclusion, it's going to be tough whether we have HCA or not. But as much as has been written about their road struggles last year, when they finally NEEDED a road win, they got it. I have all the confidence in the world that a healthy Celtics team can beat anyone else in the league, home or away. If you're not, than you obviously don't think the Celtics are a championship-caliber team.