Celtics' Surprise Run: Favorites in East

0:00On April 19th, nobody saw the Boston Celtics coming into the 2025-26 season as legit title threats, but here they are, sitting. Pretty as plus 160 favourites to win the Eastern Conference on Fandall. They started as massive underdogs, trailing 15 teams with 6,000 odds to take the whole finals, prepping like Jason Tatum might miss the. Year entirely by trading Jew holiday and Kristap's porzingus, plus losing Alhorferd and Luke Cornette in free agency. That looked like a rebuild year to most fans, but Coach Joe Mozilla kept preaching consistency through the highs and lows, and it paid off big time, with a 56 and 26 record, anchoring the league's stingiest defense at 107.2 points allowed per game. Jalen Brown balled out with the career-high 28.7 points a night, backed by Derek White, Peyton Pritchard, and Nea Mayas Cater. Turning heads, league wide and making Brown an MVP chatter candidate. Tatum shocked everyone by returning early and strong with 21.8 points and 10 boards

1:03per game, fueling a 13-3 run that. Has Boston favoured for their third finals trip in 5 years, kicking off against a Joel NBA-less 6-or-squad, Sunday at 1 p.m. ABC playoffs, Jiskeye Real, that's the story for today, Boston Celtics News Today, driven by AI.