No statement has ever brought someone more pain to write, but the Boston Celtics are really good. Please excuse me while I ralph.
Coming into Monday night’s game against the Raptors, Boston had won 24 of its last 28 games, and sat tied atop the Eastern Conference just a couple months removed from being the angstiest bunch of dudes on the verge of being broken up since insert your favourite defunct band here.
Now, the Celtics didn’t arrive in Toronto with their full complement of troublingly good players. Both Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown were held back in Boston to nurse nagging ailments, as was Al Horford.