Celtics Starting 5
This gives the celtics a strong starting five.
Celtics starting 5. The memphis grizzlies 33 38 will take on the boston celtics 47 23 at 5 00 pm and memphis certainly has a lot to be playing for. Boston has won four in a row and washington s losing streak is now at seven. The boston celtics will start marcus smart in place of injured veteran forward gordon hayward per celtics play by play announcer sean grande but the big story of the celtics philadelphia 76ers game 2 is the change from former celtic al horford to matisse thybulle moving into the starting lineup.
Gordon hayward has found his form in boston and gotten back to full health. Currently the philadelphia 76ers are set to face the boston celtics in the first round of the. That said coming up with this.
This season the celtics are 32 12 as the favorite while the nets seem to perform well as the underdog with a 14 7 record. The nets are 34 17 13 against the spread while boston is 32 16 17. Washington has been eliminated from the playoffs while the celtics are officially locked into the four seed.
Daniel theis has been the starting center more often than not but on occasion you might see enes kanter slip in there. Washington wizards matchup preview. The grizzlies only have a half game lead over the portland trail blazers for the 8th seed and are only one game and 1 5 games ahead of the spurs and suns respectively.
Some of the best players in the game have played in boston and led the celtics to numerous championships. The starting point guard role is now kemba walker s and that will be the case over the next few seasons. Philadelphia has two separate units allowing 91 4 and 97 1 points per 100 possessions coming in as the second and sixth best defensive.
I m looking at the five best players not best player by position starting lineup c. With multiple hall of famers who played for the celtics i take a look at who would make the all time boston celtics starting lineup. In comparison the celtics starting five allows 108 3.
The philadelphia 76ers new starting five matchups up even better against the boston celtics. With the depth and breadth of history the celtics have accrued over the past 70 plus seasons there are plenty of candidates to be in their all time starting five. We have officially reached the end of the regular season for both of these teams.
