Celtics close in on franchise record for blowout wins set by 2008 team initially appeared on NBC Sports Boston
Seemingly each sport now, the Boston Celtics of 2021-22 draw comparisons with the Celtics of 2007-08.
Wednesday’s blowout victory over the Chicago Bulls caused one more probability to check this 12 months’s group with the franchise’s most up-to-date champion.
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By knocking off the Bulls, 117-94, the Celtics received their seventeenth sport of the season by 20 factors or extra. That is now tied for the second-most wins by at the least 20 factors in franchise historical past, behind solely the 2008 crew of Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen, who achieved the feat 22 instances.
What’s been most spectacular about this 12 months’s group is how most of the 20-point victories have come after their dreadful 18-21 begin to the season, as simply two of Boston’s first 18 wins have been by at the least 20 factors. Since then, nonetheless, 15 of the Celtics’ subsequent 32 wins have been by at the least 20 factors — in different phrases, almost half of Boston’s wins within the second half of the season have been of the molly-whopping selection.
With solely two video games left within the common season, the Celtics will not have the ability to set a brand new franchise mark for many wins of 20 factors or extra. However they will at the least seize sole possession of second place, and proceed to indicate indicators they’ve what it takes to match the 2007-08 crew within the all-important class of championships received.
