Celtics Slay Warriors to Extend Streak to 14 Games

Granted, it’s only Week 5 and our Thunder have 68 games remaining on the regular season slate, but the storyline so far this season isn’t the Super Team assembled in Oklahoma City, rather it’s the Boston Celtics 14 game winning streak.

On Thursday night, the Celtics beat the Warriors by holding the Warriors to 88 points. They didn’t outscore the Warriors, they suffocated them by holding Curry, Thompson, and Durant to subpar nights.

So…the Celtics without Gordon Hayward now not only lead the East, but have the best record in all of the NBA and have this season’s top storyline to date.

Brad Stevens is on course to win Coach of the Year, Kyrie Irving is on the inside track to win MVP, and Jason Tatum is on track to contend for Rookie of the Year honors.

When Danny Ainge hired Brad Stevens with that long contract to lure Stevens from Butler you had the feeling it was only a matter of time. There are only a couple of what I would describe as acute difference makers as head coaches in the NBA currently. Popovich was one. Steve Kerr might be one, but the argument there could be made the Warriors won just as much with Luke Walton and Mike Brown. And now Brad Stevens has emerged as possibly the guy who at Boston should emerge as the next great coach in the NBA.

When Durant made his decision to leave Oklahoma City, I actually thought Boston had a very good chance of landing him because of Stevens. But in the end, Durant and his entourage took the easier path. As a basketball fan…I’m tired of seeing LeBron James in the NBA Finals. Hopefully, this Celtics team is the beginning of a new era in the Eastern Conference.

Sure, it’s early and the Chuckster says no way the Celtics beat LeBron four times in a two week span, but at least there’s hope on the horizon some change might be in store in the East.

The power of positive coaching with Brad Stevens.