The Boston Celtics extended their home winning streak to 12 games with their 116-93 blowout win over the Portland Trail Blazers on Wednesday night. The win was one of the most impressive of the streak, considering Portland has also been overachieving lately and Damian Lillard has been one one of the hottest offensive players since the All-Star break. The Celtics were able to hold Lillard to 20 points in the game. Boston has a good chance of extending the streak to 13 when they play host to the ice cold New York Knicks on Friday night.
The streak began with a win against the Indiana Pacers on January 13th. At that time, most Boston sports fans were still more excited about the Patriots, who were hosting the Kansas City Chiefs in the Divisional round of the playoffs that week. Now that I think about it, I was still on Winter break at that time. I start Spring break tomorrow and the Celtics did not lose a home game in that time in-between. That's pretty impressive.
There have been a few close calls on the way, like the comeback overtime win against the Los Angeles Clippers on the last game before the All-Star break, or the games against the Utah Jazz and the Milwaukee Bucks which the Celtics both won by five. Celtics fans will be more than okay with these close games, though, as long as their team keeps winning them.
Chris, I'm not a big fan of basketball but I do like to keep up with how Boston's teams are doing regardless of the sport. This post was very informative and it's nice to know that the celtics are having a good season!
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