An All-Time Celtics Team? | The Mismatch | Ringer NBA
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- Опубліковано 17 чер 2024
- KOC and Verno discuss the Celtics' dominant playoff run as well as their dominant play all season long en route to an NBA record 18th NBA championship and debate where this Celtics team rank among the all-time great teams.
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If they had Killian Hayes yes.
It would put them above every team ever assembled.
2023-24 BOSTON CELTICS
- NBA Champions
- 2nd team in 16-win playoff era (2002-24) to only lose 3 playoff games
- 1 of 8 teams in NBA history to outscore teams by 10+ for the regular season and playoffs
- 10.72 scoring margin, 6th best in NBA history
- 7th longest playoff win streak (10)
- Never trailed in a playoff series
- 80 Wins
- 80 Wins + 79% Win Percentage (9th in NBA history)
REGULAR SEASON
- NBA's Best Record
- Won Eastern Conference by 14 games (largest NBA conference win since 1976)
- 11.34 scoring margin, 5th best in NBA history
- 15.22 scoring margin at home, 3rd best in NBA history
- 1.22 points per possession - *best offense in NBA history*
- 1,351 3's - 2nd most in NBA history
- 37 home wins - 3rd in franchise history, most in the NBA in 8 years
- Won or tied season-series with 28 of 29 teams (Denver)
- NBA's best home record (37-4), fewest road losses (14) and best record in back-to-backs (12-2)
- Clinched playoff spot 17 days before any other team
- Clinched NBA's best record before 12 teams clinched a playoff spot
- Longest losing streak: 2
- More 30-point leads (17) than 10-point deficits (16)
- NBA record 17 25-point wins
- NBA record 10 30-point wins
- NBA record 3 50-point wins
- 19 20-point wins, 1 20-point loss
- Wire-to-wire wins: 10, Wire-to-wire losses: 1
- 1,182 opponent free throws, fewest in NBA history
- Favored in 97 of 101 games
- 31-5 without Porzingis
- 69-8 including 13-2 in the playoffs when shooting 33.3% or better from 3
- 9-4 in closeout playoff games (games after 3 wins in series at any point) since 2022
- 32 straight playoff wins when holding opponents to under 100 since 2019.
This is a *historically* elite team.
People gotta pick a narrative 80-21. Either the Celtics earned those, or the rest of the league rolled over and handed it to them. Either this is a historically great Celtics team, or we’re living through a historically weak period in the NBA.
That is what it do, Yugi!
All time great team for winning one ring where the best player of each opponent was injured?
And they didn't even play the best team in the West
As a single season achievement, yes. They have a case for being on the great teams in NBA history. The only thing to hold against them is opponent strength in the playoffs. But they demolished everybody put in front them. In the 21st century I will have the following teams ahead of them (Not in any particular order)
1. 2000-2001 Lakers
2. 2015-2016 Warriors (Didn't win a ring)
3. 2016-2017 Warriors
4. 2022-2023 Nuggets
5. 2013-2014 Spurs (Just for the playoffs)
6. 2011-2012 Miami Heat
7. 2007-2008 Celtics
8. 2003-2004 Pistons
Okay, so the 2013 Heat were better than the 2012 Heat, the 2018 Warriors should probably be on your list, the 2023 Nuggets weren’t nearly as good as you seem to think they were and the 2024 Celtics were absolutely better than the 2008 Celtics and 2004 Pistons.
after every championship people start treating the champions as an all-time team. Last year it was Denver, now Boston. Neither are anywhere close to an all-time great team (not yet at least).
80-21 bruh
I mean all time celtics team is fair...but they did have an easy path and a weak bench
It’s great that you feel confident in your arbitrary take on what is or is not historic in a team. As the man said, the numbers are the numbers.
No, all time great teams need to go through the fire of beating quality competition. The east was meh at best this season and the Mavs were a "lucky to be there" team from the west.
The Bucks, 76ers and Heat were supposed to be the top contenders in the east but were all a mess. The Kinks dropped like flies to the point that the Pacers made it to the ECF.
The Nuggets got beat by the Timberwolves, but that took all the gas the Wolves had and so the Mavs crushed them in the WCF.
I don't think the Celtics would have beat the Nuggets or a well rested Wolves team.
Lol. There’s absolutely no reason to think that the Celtics wouldn’t have defeated a “well rested” Wolves team. You’re making excuse after excuse.
Wrong. Not an all-time great team....
Username checks out for this opinion.