The Boston Celtics’ blowout road win over the Atlanta Hawks on Wednesday put the NBA on notice that the Celtics are a dangerous team even when down three of their best players with Marcus Smart, Malcolm Brogdon, and Robert Williams III all out and Boston’s bench stepping up to the tune of 44 points of the Celtics’ 126-101 statement victory over a team that had just dispatched the Milwaukee Bucks.
“I think it shows we’ve got a really good team and we’re really deep,” said reserve forward Sam Hauser via the Boston Globe’s Adam Himmelsbach. “We’ve got a lot of guys coming off the bench who can really play.”
“We’ve got a style of ball that we’re trying to play, and every guy is ready when their number is called,” added star wing Jaylen Brown. “You can’t ask for more.”
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The Celtics certainly can’t with the best record in the NBA at 12-3 and sole possession of the East’s first-place slot.
But with a long season ahead, there’s still plenty of work to be done for Boston if they hope for a good seed and an easier path to the 2023 NBA Finals in the postseason.
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