The Celtics are Fun Again (and Might be a Playoff Team)
Don’t look now, but the Boston Celtics have won five in a row at home, three out of four overall since the trade deadline, and the energy is back at TD Garden.
No, the Big Three isn’t walking through that door. But Isaiah Thomas, Jae Crowder, and Jonas Jerebko are doing their best to replicate the formula that worked in the 80’s and in 2008.
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Thomas scored 21 of his 28 points in the second half. The comeback win sparked life back into the TD Garden.
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The 2014-15 Celtics are many things, but boring is not one of them. As Danny Ainge wheeled and dealed and the team employed 40 players, Brad Stevens has molded this island of misfit toys into a team worth your attention.
Oh, and the Green team is now tied with Charlotte and Brooklyn and just percentage points behind Indiana for the eighth seed in the East. Most people figured Ainge would be counting his ping pong balls for the 2015 draft lottery by now. Not so fast, pundits.
With 26 games to go, the Celtics are surprisingly relevant, delightfully entertaining, and the fans are buying in. The long term rebuild is far from over, but that doesn’t mean the final weeks of this season aren’t going to be a lot of fun.
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