On March 29, Beijing time, despite the lack of double probe flowers, the Celtics lost overtime to the Raptors, so that they just sat on the top of the Eastern Conference for a day and lost their thrones, once again slipping to the 4th place in the East. Only from 18 wins and 21 losses before January 8, only ranked 11th in the East, to the next 36 games 29 wins and 7 losses to jump to the 1st place in the East, and now only settled in the Top of the East, the Heat 1 win gap, the crazy counterattack of the Green Army is still expected to impact the Eastern Regular Season Championship.
Trajectory of the Celtics' record this season:
Before January 8: 18 wins, 21 losses, 11th in the East
January 8 to March 28: 47 wins and 28 losses, 1st place in the East, 29 wins and 7 losses during the period
March 29: 47 wins, 29 losses, 4th in the East
The Celtics completed a major management change in the offseason last year, the former "chief manager" Angie left, and the young coach Stevens transformed into an angel to take over the position of general manager of Angie, and hired Uduka as the new manager of the team.
In the 39 games before January 8, due to the team's run-in problems and Tatum's state fluctuations, the Green Army only had 18 wins, 21 losses and less than 50% of the win rate, and only ranked 11th in the East at that time, which also encountered outside criticism.
However, between January 8 and March 28, the Celtics ushered in a magnificent counterattack, and they played a crazy 29-7 record in 36 games, so the winning rate of this range was as high as 80.6%, which is undoubtedly a very shocking thing. In the last 28 games of this period, the Celtics achieved a record of 24 wins and 4 losses, making it the best record in the league in the same period.
On March 28, the Celtics briefly topped the top spot in the East with a 22-point advantage over the Timberwolves. Only in the second game back-to-back, the Celtics chose to take a rotational double probe Tatum and Jaylen Brown, plus the main center Robert Williams was absent due to a meniscus injury, and Horford was also absent, so that the remaining Green Army lost to the Raptors in overtime, and also fell to the 4th place in the East again.
However, the gap between the top four teams in the East is extremely small, the Celtics and the Heat of the East are only 1 win away, and there is no win gap between Philadelphia and the Bucks, so in the end it is still expected to impact the throne of the first place in the East.
The Celtics have averaged six players in double figures this season, including double-dipper Tatum averaging 27.1 points, 8.1 rebounds and 4.3 assists per game, which is expected to impact the regular season MVP and the best team, and Jaylen Brown averaged 23.4 points, 6.1 rebounds and 3.2 assists per game, so the double core performance is powerful.
In addition, Smart averaged 12.2 points per game, White averaged 10.5 points per game, Robert Williams and Horford both averaged 10 points per game, and the Celtics, who have both offensive and defensive skills and excellent lineup depth, are undoubtedly expected to become the dark horse team of this season's championship.
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