BREAKING NEWS: Jayson Tatum Walk out with ten seconds left in the game after a very though loss….

This past Saturday afternoon (March 30), the Boston Celtics avoided a three-game losing streak and returned to winning ways. After being hit in the mouth by the Pels early in the game, the Celtics rebounded well in the second half to defeat the New Orleans Pelicans 104-92 on the road at Smoothie King Centre. According to the Associated Press, star player Zion Williamson of New Orleans stated after the game, “They upped their intensity, and we didn’t match it.” “The game was kind of out of control at that point when we decided to match it.” The hosts of the “How Bout Them Celtics!” podcast from CLNS Media, Jack Simone and Sam LaFrance, commented on the team’s defensive triumph on a recent

As the Boston Celtics run away with the Eastern Conference, their playoff odds are shrinking too.

 

Boston is now +220 to win the NBA Finals on the heels of its demolition of Golden State on Sunday. The Celtics had a 44-point halftime lead on the way to a 140-88 win over the Warriors. The victory was Boston’s third by 50 or more points this season.

 

The Celtics now have an eight-game lead over the Milwaukee Bucks in the East and will be able to rest their key players over the final weeks of the regular season. In the West, the top three teams are separated by just a half-game in the standings and the Sacramento Kings are eight games back of the conference-leading Minnesota Timberwolves.

Boston’s big lead in the East has made them better than even money favorites to win the conference title too. Boston is now -115 to win the East, while the Bucks are +275 and no one else is better than +900.

 

Those short odds are a sign of confidence in the Celtics’ regular-season performance and also because every other top team in the conference has dealt with a significant injury at some point this season. The Bucks’ Khris Middleton has missed 19 games so far and is averaging 26 minutes a game. The Philadelphia 76ers are without Joel Embiid and hope to get him back for the playoffs. The New York Knicks have seen Julius Randle and OG Anunoby miss significant time and Jalen Brunson suffered a left knee contusion Sunday night against the Cavaliers.