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How did that happen?
Because they sparingly played their main players and let the bench/role players do the clean up for the last 10-15 games of the Celtics in the eliminations when they already secured the top seed. Thus, they ended up more healthy because they were not as banged up as other teams. This is the reason why you have to win as many wins as possible.
They were also lucky.
1. The East is still weaker than the West. Look at how they won all their series even without Porzingis
2. Injuries to key players in their opponents helped. But this is still an indictment on East teams. You can get to the playoffs with one star player. While Western teams are very deep because they know the Western conference is a battle of attrition. The defending champs, Nuggets, probably lost because they missed a couple of role players from last year. This is how competitive it is in the West.