The Boston Celtics recently completed a perfect 5-0 homestand, beating teams like the New York Knicks, Cleveland Cavaliers, and Orlando Magic ahead of the Celtics’ first West Coast swing of the 2023-24 season. The Celtics beat good teams and showed they can close out games, and showed resilience where, in the past, previous Celtics squads would have wilted.
Boston is the only team in the league with a top 10 offensive and defensive rating, and is currently the owner of the second-best net rating in the NBA. While it might be too soon to say definitively that this team will be among the last clubs standing late in the 2024 NBA Playoffs, this version of the Celtics certainly looks the part early in the 2023-24 season.
Is this team different from previous Boston contenders? This is the central question the eponymous hosts of the CLNS Media “Bob Ryan, Jeff Goodman, and Gary Tanguay” podcast try to answer on a recent episode.
Check it out above!
Listen to the “Celtics Lab” podcast on:
Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3zBKQY6
Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3GfUPFi
YouTube: https://bit.ly/3F9DvjQ
