Last year, the Celtics had the greatest in-season turnaround ever, that lead to an NBA finals outing. They worked over the summer. And for the first 25ish games of this season, the Celtics have been unstoppable.
They have lost their last three. Not understandable losses to strong teams, but repeatedly to teams they should have beaten easily. At home. Before that they managed to eke out an overtime win over the Lakers after two more bad losses. They’ve lost 5.5 of the last 6.
They have looked awful. Suddenly there is no passing, the defense is disjointed, open shots don’t go in the hoop, nothing looks right.
What the heck is going on?
The West is weak. Sixth place in the West does not impress. The Kings are .548. So yeah, they are looking “pretty good”, as are fifteen other teams.
Sacramento kings are looking pretty good. Malik Monk from UK might be the best six man in the NBA. De’Aaron Fox is one of the best guards in the league.
Celtics suck.