Did the Boston Celtics Just Outsmart the Entire NBA? The Truth Behind Their Master Plan
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The Boston Celtics just tricked the entire NBA into thinking they are not a serious contender this season with their .500 -ish play from the Thanksgiving holiday to the middle of the month of January. After that, the Celtics righted the ship and got back to being a team on pace to win about 60 games give or take a few, right back into the range we expected to find them in at the start of the 2024-25 regular season.
The icing on the cake was their destruction of the mighty Eastern Conference-leading Cleveland Cavaliers on their own home court of Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse earlier this month. It’s safe to say this ball club can flip the switch when the games matter to them. Or at least we think so for now.
The folks behind the “Backyard Buckets” YouTube channel put together a clip taking a closer look at this dynamic. Check it out below!
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