Expectations infiltrate our brains and rearrange our thoughts. They grow and shift, feeding on results to hypnotize us into anticipation of something that may never come.  The expectations of the Boston Celtics coming into this past season started out pretty low. Prevailing thoughts ranged from tanking for a draft pick to maybe making the playoffs and hopefully winning a round. Brad Stevens handed Joe Mazzulla a mismatched roster with a center rotation of Neemias Queta, Luka Garza, and Chris Boucher. Jayson Tatum was still only about five months into his rehab.  The term “gap year” was thrown around, becoming bulletin board material, helping fuel an incredible run from lingering around the 10th or 11th seed in November to never worse than third by December 20. It’s not exactly a Golden Tempo kind of run, but they blew some minds as their kick was happening.…