One by one
They all say it. Ray Allen. Kevin Garnett. Doc Rivers.
One game at a time.
The mantra has allowed the Celtics not to overlook lesser opponents, and has resulted in Boston having the best record in the league.
“We’re not a fancy team, and I think that helps us,” said Rivers. “We don’t rely on that. We just try to be a fundamentally sound basketball team every night, and when we’re that we’ve got a chance to win the game. When we’re not that, we’re probably going to lose that game.
“There’s probably 10 games where you could say we didn’t play well enough in our minds, at least a coach’s mind, to win the game. And we won the games. And we’ve gotten away with it because we play hard.”
Rivers also said it helps because this team is chasing the championship together for the first time.
We’ve been in this chase for four months. San Antonio’s been in it for five or six years. I think that explains most of it.”
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