Toronto - Philadelphia is the first Eastern Conference 1st round series to go past 5 games in 4 years

2019 playoffs :

BOS 4 - 0 IND

MIL 4 - 0 DET

PHI 4 - 1 BRK

TOR 4 - 1 ORL

2020 playoffs :

MIL 4 - 1 ORL

TOR 4 - 0 BRK

MIA 4 - 0 IND

BOS 4 - 0 PHI

2021 playoffs :

BRK 4 - 1 BOS

MIL 4 - 0 MIA

PHI 4 - 1 WAS

ATL 4 - 1 NYK

2022 playoffs :

BOS 4 - 0 BRK

MIL 4 - 1 CHI

MIA 4 - 1 ATL

PHI 3 - 2 TOR

15/16 matchups over in 4 or 5 games.

Weird to think the last time an Eastern Conference first round series went past 5 games, LeBron was a Cav, Oladipo was 2nd team All-NBA, Dirk and D-Wade weren't even in their last seasons, Luka and Trae weren't drafted yet.

Also funny how after all the talk about the East being deep as hell this season, only the 4th seed vs 5th seed matchup went past 5...