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Boston built for the long haul

The Celtics are reaping the benefits of their long-term plan as the Eastern Conference crumbles around them.

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It is an old adage in auto racing that weight is the enemy.

But it isn’t always.

In 1966, a group of Ford GT40s which were around six hundred pounds heavier than the Ferraris they were running against spent twenty-four hours at Le Mans burying Enzo Ferrari’s entries. The race, which is dramatized, and in fact, over-dramatized in Ford v.