At 53 games, I honestly didn't expect the Celtics to be 3rd in the conference. It's been a great season so far.
I did say at the start of the year that once you go past the Cavs, I felt the East was pretty much wide open.
Toronto have established themselves as an elite team and proven last year's record was no fluke, but beyond those two teams Boston are as good as anybody in the East.
Hell, even Toronto and Cleveland are not realistically out of reach. That win against Cleveland was so huge.