"Pick up 9 consecutive wins, the first in the league has a championship phase, and pick soft persimmons! "！
A third of the NBA regular season has been played, and this time compared to last season, the East and West games have become particularly tense. In the West, Minnesota and the Thunder have been very stable, and the Nuggets have also shown signs of winning the championship, while the Clippers, who have been relatively stable, are in trouble, and the teams in the top four in the East are constantly widening the distance between them and the teams behind them. From Phoenix to Golden State, this race will go on for a long time. What's even more worrying is that stars like James, Durant, and Curry will struggle in the playoffs, and that would be the worst-case scenario of the season.
In the West, the Celtics outperformed the rest of the team in a good way, while the Cavaliers and Bucks were battling for the second spot in the Eastern Conference in the same way. There are plenty of other teams behind them, such as the Knicks and Orlando, who are vying for their home court in the first season of their first season. You know, after 58 rounds, the Celtics are 46-12 ahead of the Cavaliers and in second place in the East, eight wins behind the Timberwolves in first place and Dallas in seventh place. According to American newspapers, the Celtics are already 100% in this year's East Division rankings. And the Celtics are considered the most likely team to win a championship this season in a way that can break records. So is the Celtics' performance during the season a reflection of their true level?
As we all know, last season, the Celtics were not able to make it to the East, and they made a lot of changes, such as Smart, Götze, Rohr, and Holiday and Porzingis, they are all All-Star level, so their starting position is four superstars. This combination has been very good this season, with Tatum averaging 27 points per game and Jaylen Brown 223, Porzingis averages 20+7 per game, and Celtic's record has reached 80 percent, and many people think that Celtic will create a new legend.
But will Celtic be able to lift a trophy as they would expect? Perhaps this is not an easy task. The Celtics have won nine games in a row, the most notable of which is that in these nine games, the Celtics led the 76ers by 50 points without Embiid, defeated the injured Knicks, beat the Bulls, beat the Grizzlies by 40, and the Hawks and Magic, and finally faced Miami, which lost Butler, the Celtics only trailed by 4 points, nine consecutive wins! In this game, Celtic faced some weaker teams. The Celtics lost 105-114 to James' team before nine wins, and against the Clippers, they also lost to the Clippers in two quarters, showing their usual style of overcoming rigidity with softness and timidity. Celtic never make mistakes in the game, and the reason why they have been able to achieve such good results is because they are very good in the box.
But how can the Celtics make the playoffs in such a situation? According to news reports, the Celtics have been doing very well this season, averaging 42 per three points6 three-pointers, 38 three-point shooting3%, which is the best team in NBA history and the best pitcher. But there is also a huge drawback in this method, that is, their offense relies too much on the three-point line, resulting in the Celtics always falling behind in the three-point line, and even almost being killed by the opponent.
Moreover, it is difficult to say how the Celtics will play against the top teams in the East. The Celtics have lost three games in a row in their last 11 games, with the Nuggets, Clippers and Lakers. With three wins in three games, Tatum contributed an average of 21 per game5 points, and his three shots only hit 40%; Brown has had even more scandals, with his average score of 96, but he didn't shoot 40% either; The two most important players are key figures in a team's ceiling, and their results are hardly satisfactory.
The reason why the Celtics can achieve such good results this season has a lot to do with their starting combination, Tatum and Brown don't have to show a strong competitive level, but they can still win by virtue of the characteristics of alternating appearances, so the current two champions will only shoot three points and shoot three points, which will make them very passive, especially in the playoffs, especially on a big stage like the Eastern Conference Finals! Celtic have been losing for the past three years.
Celtic are aware of Bossing's physical condition, having been plagued by injuries in January with left calf pain and a sprained left ankle. Secondly, the Celtics are different from the Lakers, they have not shown enough strength in important competitions, such as last season, the Celtics won the championship, and every victory was so smooth, while the Celtics are different, they are similar to the Bucks in the last edition, in the playoffs, they can sweep the entire league, but in the end, they don't have enough star players. It's hard for this team to win the championship.
Tatum has performed better than Brown on the three-point line this season, they are no longer afraid to attack opponents with the ball, and even in one-on-one situations, they can provide some help to their players to make better use of their strengths, but when the playoffs are deadlocked, their psychological quality is very concerning. Holiday is dynamic defensively, but he doesn't pose much of a threat to the team's offense, and in that case, he is limited in what he can do with the draft. Boozer's physical condition, whether he and White will be able to maintain good form in the playoffs, will determine whether the Celtics can maintain good form in the playoffs.
Does anyone think the Celtics have the best record in league history and a chance to win a championship?