Analyzing the most recent home run by the Boston Celtics

As the 2023–24 NBA season draws to a close, the Boston Celtics are, by all measures, the league’s best club. There is no question as to which squad dominates the regular season with a double-digit lead over the next-closest ball club in the Eastern Conference standings and an unstoppable edge over the West contenders.

What, though, might the Celtics’ supremacy throughout the regular season reveal about their postseason prospects? Are they really that good to take home the trophy? Or does that still require them to show it against the Denver Nuggets, or any other Western team?

On a recent episode of ESPN “Hoop Collective,” Ryan Ruocco joined presenters Brian Windhorst and Tim MacMahon to discuss the topic.