It came as a real shock to me to realize that the Atlantic Divisions number one team, the Boston Celtics, is a whopping 14 games below the NBA leading San Antonio Spurs in the Southwest Division. With a 31-29 record Boston has the lowest numbers among the Eastern Conference leaders but is considered a favorite for the Conference play offs.
I suppose when compared to Atlanta's dismal numbers (10-48) Boston is looking good and sitting pretty in the East up against their likely conference contender Orlando (31-27). The Celtics have beat the Magic in their last three encounters and, at this point, I'd be willing bet the good Citizens of Boston are hoping to go for a hat trick of a different kind, this year, by adding an NBA championship to their World Series title and Super Bowl win.
Let me break it to them now: If the Celtics make it past Orlando, which they are likely to do, nothing but dissapointment awaits them afterwards. If slotted into the Western Conference their numbers would put the Celtics somewhere below Memphis and above the Lakers and neither one of these two teams has a prayer when facing San Antonio (46-13).
New Jersy's laughable 26-34 record has them champing at the bit to come to San Antonio Tuesday night and try and take down the leagues Top Dog the way old west gunslingers would challenge the fastest and meanest in hopes of making a name for themselves. In the entire season San Antonio has only lost to one Atlantic division team, and that was to Toronto back in November and after Tuesdays game the Spurs will face New York on the 21st of March to bring their regular season encounters with that division to a close and, as far as I'm concerned, that should be all we hear out of them for the rest of the season.
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