Celtics' Resilience: Defying Odds, Eyeing Playoffs

0:00It's April 13th. This is Boston Celtics News Today, powered by AI Everything Happening With Your Team. I'm Corey with the Story. Everybody thought the Boston Celtics were done this season, after losing 8,749 minutes and 4,400. 15 points from last year's squad, that's 46% of their scoring. Jason Tatum ruptured his Achilles and missed most of the year, while core guys like Kristaff's Porzingus, Drew Holiday, Al Horford, and Luke Cornett all, bounced. Pundits predicted a total drop-off, but Joe Mozilla's crew barely skipped a beat. They locked in the number 2 seed in the east, with a 56 in 26 record, just 5 wins shy of last year's 61 in 21. Even after trading away more pieces like Amphorny Simons and Josh Minot at the deadline, they leaned on Jalen Brown and Derek White while Rookies. In role-player stepped up big, fans and analysts are buzzing about this resilience. It's like the whole roster hit reset and elevated.

1:02Brown bowed out with career highs of 28.7 points, 6.9 rebounds, and 5.1 assists, leading the league in. 2 point attempts at 23.6 per game. The impact? A true team grind that kept them elite. Dig into the stats, and it's wild. They held the same top tier defense at 107.2 points, allowed per game, despite losing those. Defenders. Rebounding jumped up, field goal percentage improved, offensive rating got better, though they chuffed 6.1 fewer threes, focusing on drives. To the hoop instead. Now with Tatum Healthy and 8 dudes posting career highs across key categories, the Celtics I play off steeper than last year's second round exit. To the nicks. This squad's build different, ready to stack those championship wins.