Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of followers throughout the NBA. All year long we ask questions of probably the most plugged-in Boston Celtics followers and followers throughout the nation. Enroll right here to take part within the weekly emailed surveys.
This week we requested Celtics followers simply how nervous they have been in regards to the crew. On the time they have been 5-5 of their final 10. Now they’re 8-7 of their final 15 video games, so not a lot has modified.
Nearly all of followers indicated that they’re reasonably involved, and I feel that appears about proper.
They’re nonetheless the defending champs and have definitely proven indicators of their dominance. Actually, they’re working at about final 12 months’s win tempo.
However one thing simply appears a bit …off with the crew because the begin of December.
The Celtics are 8-7 of their final 15 video games
In that span, Boston ranks fifth in offense and 4th in protection
However in 4th quarters throughout that span, Boston ranks eighth in offense and twenty sixth in protection
— Cameron Tabatabaie (@CTabatabaie) January 11, 2025
We additionally requested followers in regards to the purpose for the crew’s struggles, and most answered that it has to do with a scarcity of depth or focus.
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I can’t say that that is altogether stunning. Prior variations of this crew had a maddening inconsistency that all the time appeared associated to both focus or following by with effort for a full 48 minutes. Final 12 months’s crew appeared to energy by the traditional let-down video games (like say the primary recreation dwelling after an extended street journey). This 12 months’s crew doesn’t look as sharp game-in and game-out.
Issues may definitely degree out. The crew is on tempo to win 58 video games and their remaining energy of schedule is third best in keeping with Tankathon. So there’s an opportunity that this crew can end with the same document to final 12 months’s crew and hit the bottom working within the playoffs.
In the long run, all that shall be remembered is the playoff outcomes. Nevertheless, many occasions these outcomes are a direct results of the habits shaped throughout the common season. So this crew in all probability wants to determine the best way to recapture no matter drove them final season.
