BONUS: Cade Cunningham HURT, What Does That Mean For Boston Celtics, Playoff Push

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🗓️ 19 March 2026

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Boston Celtics eye the top seed as Cade Cunningham’s injury threatens to shake up the Eastern Conference. With Cunningham—Detroit Pistons’ MVP candidate—out for several weeks, can Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown, and Joe Mazzulla capitalize on the opening and surge past their rivals during the season’s final stretch? John Karalis of Celtics On SI and Tom Westerholm of Boston.com analyze Boston’s playoff outlook, debating the value of home court advantage, strategic matchups against contenders like the New York Knicks and Cleveland Cavaliers, and the ripple effect of Cunningham’s absence on All-NBA selections. The hosts break down the Celtics’ challenging upcoming schedule, highlight defensive concerns, and question which potential playoff foe could pose the greatest threat to Boston’s title ambitions. With the NBA playoff race wide open, are the Celtics poised to seize control in the chase for the #1 spot?

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0:00.0	Cade Cunningham out for at least a couple of weeks.
0:04.5	Is this an opportunity for the Celtics to snag the number one seed bonus content here on the Lockedon Celtics podcast?
0:12.9	Thanks for making this show your first listen every day.
0:16.7	I'm John Corrales.
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0:33.9	We're doing the bonus podcast right now because Cade Cunningham out with a collapsed lung.
0:41.8	Huh? That's surprising. Tom Westerholm is here to talk about it.
0:47.4	Thank you. Thank you. But also, boo injuries. Boos injuries.
0:53.3	Boo collapsed lung.
0:55.5	That is...
0:56.0	He can say it's mild.
0:58.4	There's nothing mild about a collapsed lung.
1:00.8	That sounds painful.
1:04.0	But, but listen, we don't want injuries to happen, but they happen.
1:11.2	And because they happen, we have to talk about them in terms of basketball.
1:15.5	Cade Cunningham reevaluated in two weeks.
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