The Boston Celtics have been perched at the top of the NBA for so long now that it’s easy to take their winning ways for granted.
And that's simply the way it’s been for the 2022-23 Celtics. While they have stretches of dominant play, this group has more regularly had to grind through adversity to prevail. It’s part of the reason that Tatum is fourth in the NBA in total minutes, because they’ve needed him on the court to pull out some nail-biters.
A year ago, the Celtics were a second-half juggernaut. A 51-point night from Tatum in Washington on January 23, 2022, lit Boston’s second-half fuse and the team dominated the NBA over the final 2-plus months of the season before dashing to the NBA Finals. Since January 23, 2023, the Celtics have been just meh. Boston is 9-5 over its last 14 games and sits 14th in the NBA in offensive rating over that span. A plus-4.9 net rating overall is third in the league over those 14 games but the Celtics have had some really bad stretches even in wins.needed to stumble into overtimeWinning ugly has become these Celtics' trademark.
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