Or at least that is the position of Boston broadcaster and Celtics champion forward Cedric Maxwell -- and a pretty reasonable one, at that. As a fellow NBA Finals Most Valuable Player award winner, Maxwell knows what it takes for a forward to help put his team in position to win it all,

The Boston Celtics will open postseason defense of their 18th NBA championship and start out on the playoff path to No. 19 on Sunday. Boston will host the Orlando Magic in Game 1 of a first-round best-of-seven NBA playoff series, with tip-off set for 3:40 p.m. ET.

The Boston Celtics will take on the Orlando Magic in a first-round NBA playoff series. Check out the matchups, predictions, odds.