a Boston Celtics crew is phenomenal when it achieves a feat none of its championship-winning predecessors achieved.
Joe Mazzulla’s males pulled off the franchise’s first-ever 6-0 street journey on Monday with a 117-103 win in Memphis. With their eighth straight street victory, the Celtics at the moment are 32-7 on the road, simply two wins away from tying the Warriors’ NBA-best file of 34-7.
The Warriors set that benchmark en path to their record-breaking 73-9 season in 2015-16. Whereas the Celtics will not attain 73 general wins, they will tie these Warriors as one of the best street crew in regular-season historical past. To take action, they have to beat the Knicks and Magic on April 9 and April 10, respectively, of their closing two street video games of the season.
Most dominant street crew ever?
Even when Boston fails to match Golden State’s file, it’s going to finish the season as arguably probably the most dominant street crew ever. The C’s have registered a whopping 23 double-digit wins on the street, only one away from tying the 71-72 Lakers for many such victories.
Jayson Tatum and Co. have outscored away groups by 404 factors, simply 26 shy of the mark set by the 1971-72 Lakers. Basically, they should defeat the Knicks and Magic by a mixed 27 factors to finish the season as probably the most dominant street crew ever.
The Celtics (56-19) are additionally set to develop into one of many few groups ever to complete with a greater away (32-7) than house file (24-12). So, what’s it that makes them so elite on the street?
“I might enterprise to say that our guys are good all over the place,” Mazzulla advised reporters, via Associated Press. “It is extra about simply taking part in constant basketball. However I feel every year you develop totally different sort of strengths, particularly with the identical crew. And this 12 months it simply occurred to be sort of our street mentality.”
The Celtics return house after a prolonged street journey to host the Warmth on Wednesday. They’re attempting to develop into the primary Celtics crew since 2007-08 and 2008-09 to win 60+ video games in back-to-back seasons.
