We hope it translates in the playoffs, they haven't been terribly good in clutch games.
Having the best defense + a large point differential has those analytic prediction sites making the C's EC favs (538 has them winning it all).
https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2022-nba-predictions/
although Vegas is saying something else
Brad is definitely not getting enough credit by the NBA media for all of his excellent moves (there were many). At the trade deadline alone he moved 7 players from the roster. White and now Theis were key additions to the rotations. Plus IME has built a very clever & straightforward rotation schedule pairing up good combos of bench/starters after the start of Q1/Q3.