The Boston Celtic's are currently 39-9 (@ Indiana tonight) in the pitiful Atlantic division of the eastern conference. The Toronto Rapters (27-23) are the closest asset, but are a distant 12 games behind the "Garnettless" Celtics. In response to some of my reader's (unless otherwise imaginary) accusations, my last point regarding the Boston Celtics wasn't if they were going to go the distance, it was simply for a majestic 70 win season.
To my displeasure, the odds have shifted slightly against me. Kevin Garnett has been out with strained abdominal muscle since late January. His impact (19.2 ppg, 9.9 rpg) will play a significant factor in Boston's final 33 games. At this point, the Celtics would have to take 30 of those last 33 contests to reach the 70 win milestone. Does it seem that unlikely?
Doc River's club has a surreal 16-0 record against western conference teams, two of the games coming against Dallas and San Antonio at home without Garnett in the lineup. Wins like those without the Farragut Career Academy graduate, Garnett, will only come with big games from Paul Pierce, Ray Allen and other supporting players.
As far as Boston winning 70 games this season, I'm sticking with my conspicuous gut and say yes, again. Garnett will soon rejoin his trio of scorers and their opponents will drop as fast as Rudy Giuliani after the Florida primary.
Oh, and the championship, yeah, San Antonio will take care of that, again.
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Zach I stick by what I said before I would love to see Boston win 70 it would be great. But I still think San Antonio will find a way to win the championship but watch out for Phoenix now that they have Shaq it will be interesting to see what they can do once he is in the lineup.
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