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What’s Wrong With The Boston Celtics?

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The Boston Celtics play the New York Knicks tonight (8 PM ET, TNT) at a time when the Celtics are reeling. They’ve lost four in a row, and while they’ve got a three-game margin to make the playoffs, Boston is in eighth place and 2 ½ games back of Milwaukee of even getting to the seventh seed and avoiding Miami. When the Celtics tried to construct their team to beat the Heat in the playoffs, I don’t think they had the first round in mind as the meeting point. It’s hard to believe that Boston beat New York in Madison Square Garden just ten days ago and seemed to be getting it together. Let’s take a closer look at the Celts and see if there’s any hope for revival as the second half of their season begins at home tonight.

Analyzing The Boston Celtics’ Slide In The NBA Eastern Conference

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On the morning of February 8, Boston Celtics fans—present writer included—were feeling our oats. The C’s had just won the first four games of a five-game homestand, were up to 14-10 and at minimum were in position to be a second-round team in the NBA’s Eastern Conference. And we could be forgiven if some thoughts of springing an upset on Miami or Chicago might have briefly skipped through our minds. It’s been all downhill since then, as Boston has lost seven of eight. TheSportsNotebook takes a look at the losing streak to see if it’s just a bad stretch or if it’s time to break up the band.

The Boston Celtics Are Red-Hot: Is It For Real?

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On January 20, the Boston Celtics hit their low point. They lost at home to a bad Phoenix team and fell to 5-9 on the season. General manager Danny Ainge was talking openly about trading any of the team’s Big Three—Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and Ray Allen—who’d won one championship together in 2008 and been to the Finals together in 2010. It seemed as though the only question left was whether the Celtics could even make the playoffs, as they were in a four-team joust with Cleveland, Milwaukee and New York for the final two spots in the eight-team Eastern Conference bracket. Then things changed. Since January 20, Boston has won nine of their last ten. The SportsNotebook takes a look at how they’ve done it and what the odds are of sustainability.