While the Celtics cruised to the 2024 NBA title — also known as Banner No. 18 — the road back to the NBA Finals looks different. The C’s went 16-3 in the playoffs last year, never losing more than one game in each series. But the league boasts a few other title contenders that could give the Celtics trouble in the coming weeks.

The Boston Celtics will face the Orlando Magic in the first round of the NBA playoffs, after the Magic beat the Atlanta Hawks in the play-in tournament Tuesday night to claim the 7-seed in the Eastern Conference.

The pieces are in place for this to be a very compelling NBA postseason, with a mix of a new guard as the top seeds in both the East and West while a repeat threat is more than real in Boston and the duo of LeBron James and Luka Doncic try to go on a deep run to a title.