Historically, when the Celtics have been great, they win -- and win fast. All Celtics superstars win titles -- except (so far) the group led by Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown.
neared an NBA title, the march to the championship was accompanied by the arrogant certainty befitting to a dynasty, complete with the requisite accouterments: a victory cigar, opponents expecting to lose on the parquet floor and the welcomed expectations that come with the specter of 17 championship banners looking down, always expecting company.
Bill Russell's Celtics won their first title in his rookie year. Bird's Celtics won in his second. The Paul Pierce-Kevin Garnett-Ray Allen Celtics won in their first year together. Last season, in a first-round closeout game at home, with additional rest on the line, the Celtics lost Game 5 to theand had to play an extra playoff game. In the next series against Philadelphia, they lost Game 1 at home to a 76ers team withoutand then lost a pivotal Game 5 at home to face two elimination games before Tatum personally broke the 76ers in Game 7, with a 51-point performance.
The message was clear: Boston may be more talented. It may have better shooters. It may have home court. But at some point, they will give opponents hope, and it will be the one who blinks, because so far, it has been.. Mazzulla and the Celtics may be ahead of the field with their victory-by-volume strategy, especially in a league where referees have allowed more physical play. Should the Celtics win the title, they will be the third champion over the past four years to attempt more than 40% of their overall shots from three. The 2021 Bucks took 40.4% of their shots from deep, while the 2022 Warriors shot a record 45.6% of their shots from deep. Everybody's doing it. It is the future.
Boston has dominated the East all year, so it should dominate the conference final, but none of which is to say the Celtics are overwhelming favorites to win the title. They aren't.
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