Don’t Look Now but the Boston Celtics are Gooood!

The Boston Celtics closed out a stellar West Coast road trip with a W over the Utah Jazz last night tallying 3 wins out of 4 (and damn was it close to 4 out of 4) and 14 out of the last 17 overall. The C’s now sit just one game back from the Toronto Raptors for the coveted number two spot in the East.

And oh yeah Jayson Tatum is a Top 10 player in the league:

Jayson Tatum last 5 games

33 PTS – 11 REB – 3 AST
36 PTS – 5 REB – 1 AST
41 PTS – 5 REB – 2 AST
28 PTS – 11 REB – 3 AST
39 PTS – 9 REB – 1 AST

That purple arm band though 👀 #MambaMentality 🐍 pic.twitter.com/OsmTxJZFiQ

— NBA Central (@TheNBACentral) February 27, 2020

Jayson Tatum in February:

30.5 PPG
51.4 FG%
50.0 3P%

Only one other Celtic has averaged 30 PPG on 50% shooting in a month in the NBA three-point era; Larry Bird. pic.twitter.com/vCpeZI7Lje

— StatMuse (@statmuse) February 27, 2020

Taco Jay has more than filled in the gap for a resting Kemba Walker. And the other guys on the team aren’t playing too shabby either.

Jaylen Brown's reached 20+ points in four straight #Celtics games.

Fourth time he's achieved that this year, but he hasn't reached five yet.

His averages his last five:

21.6 PTS
49.4 FG% (16.6 FGA)
42.9 3P% (7 3PA)pic.twitter.com/kW4h0iQ9mf

— Adam Kaufman (@AdamMKaufman) February 27, 2020

Just give Marcus the Lifetime Tommy Award and be done with it:

Marcus Smart wins the @dunkindonuts Tommy Award pic.twitter.com/WCwC1QkRTn

— Celtics on NBC Sports Boston (@NBCSCeltics) February 27, 2020

The whole team is just hitting on all cylinders right now:

Jayson Tatum dropped another 33 points and helped to fuel another win on the road. pic.twitter.com/XdtqEc94Zp

— Boston Celtics (@celtics) February 27, 2020

There’s only 24 games left in the regular season. No one is catching the Milwaukee Bucks but getting that #2 spot is HUGE. The difference between the 2 and 3 seed is the difference between playing Orlando/Brooklyn or playing Indiana/Philly in the first round. Obviously expending as little energy as needed to get through the early rounds of the playoffs will be key towards having any real chance at taking down Giannis and the Bucks.