The New Orleans Pelicans will do battle Monday, MLK Day, against the Boston Celtics, a franchise that’s participated in the playoffs in 13 of the last 14 seasons.
After getting to the Eastern Conference finals in three of four campaigns, however, the Celtics suffered a first round exit last season, falling rather easily to the Brooklyn Nets in five games.
This result didn’t surprise many people considering that Boston group posted a 36-36 regular season record. Fast forward to today, the Celtics are right at .500 again (22-22).
In other words, they’re beatable.