29-3 Celtics: Can they be beaten in a playoff series?

The Boston Celtics have gotten off to a tremendous start, in fact they have the best record after 32 games since the 95-96 Chicago Bulls team, who went on to win the NBA Championship that June.

Thanks to strong performances by the "Big Three" (Kevin Garnett, Ray Allen and Paul Pierce), and sophomore point-guard Rajon Rondo. Along with sufficient bench-production from Glen "Big Baby" Davis, Eddie House and James Posey, the Celtics have evolved into an Eastern Conference powerhouse.

The lock-down defensive strategies of Doc Rivers and his run 'n gun offensive philosophy has allowed the Celtics to blow by opponents. He has preached the importance of physical conditioning, particularly cardiovascular conditioning, to his players and they have responded by playing shut-down defense and tremendously on the fast break, offensively.

The explosiveness of the Celtics and their ability to refrain from losing consecutive games has immediately made them a playoff contender. In fact they are the Eastern Conference front-runner in most analysts opinions, although there has been some argument for the Detroit Pistons. The Celtics and Pistons have split their season series 1-1 and have one game remaining to play later in the season in Boston. If the Celtics can maintain their success and continue to dominate teams with their fast-break offense and lock-down defense they will indeed win that elusive 17th NBA Championship.

Either way it appears that playoff basketball will be in the mix for Boston fans this spring and be prepared for it. The 2007 Boston Celtics are no joke. They have come to remind me of the Celtics of the glory days with Kevin McHale, Robert Parrish and Larry Bird running the floor, along with Cedric Maxwell and Danny Ainge. Hopefully they will be able to accomplish the same feats the teams of Celtics lore have.

P.S: Dear Readers sorry about my hiatus over the Holiday season. I have been doing a lot of reading and research into the Mitchell Report and I am not quite done reading it. Please keep in touch and continue visiting my page for the latest updates.