This morning, ESPN published a piece by Kirk Goldsberry titled, “How the Boston Celtics vaulted back into championship contention with the NBA’s best defense.” Upon reading the headline alone, I immediately thought of the 1998 rom-com How Stella Got Her Groove Back, a classic in the genre’s pantheon that chronicles a 40-year-old woman’s self-reflection whilst on a tropical vacation on which she enjoys a torrid affair with a man named Winston Shakespeare. Really, this has nothing to do with the Boston Celtics; the title just felt fitting.
That’s because the Celtics have, indeed, got their groove back.