The Boston Celtics are by all accounts one of the scariest teams any franchise in the 2022 NBA Playoffs might face, but does that make them a legitimate option to make it to the final round of the looming postseason?
Increasingly finding themselves being described as a title contender by virtue of their league-best defense and top-10 offense, by definition the Celtics ought to be expected to have at least a shot at getting to the 2022 NBA Finals for the name to be more than a PR stunt, but is there enough evidence out there that Boston ought to be included in such lofty company?
In a season with no clear-cut juggernaut with a consensus view that that team is going to win it all, and with such a pronounced point differential since the new year, it’s hard not to buy that the Celtics could very well hang Banner 18 this summer.
