Four Reasons Why the Boston Celtics Won't Repeat

Four Reasons Why The Celtics Will Not Win it All

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There are a number or analysts, so-called experts, and prognosticators that will tell you all the reasons why ____fill in NBA contender here___ can win the NBA title. Here at LayupDrill.com, we like to tell our readers the facts, and never sugarcoat them. We all can agree on the half a dozen legitimate title contenders out there.

Each one of those teams have many strengths, and if the chips fall their way, you could see any of them hoisting the NBA Championship in June.

However, we want to take time out to break down the top four reasons why each team will not win it all as well. We continue this series with the defending NBA World champions, the Boston Celtics.

1. It is very tough to repeat.

Some fans take for granted the degree of difficulty that comes with winning back-to-back NBA titles. I am there are some fans in Chicago that did not realize how good they had it with Michael, Scottie, and Phil winning six NBA titles in eight years.

Even the wonderful fans in San Antonio could appreciate the four NBA titles that Tim Duncan has brought to their city over the past decade, yet none have been back-to-back.

The Celtics turned from being the hunters last year, to squarely being the ones with the bulls eye on their jerseys.

2. Fighting through injuries.

One of the many graces that Boston had last year was being able to keep their core group of players healthy for the entire season. The Big Three, in particular, were able to gel together during the regular season, and their margin for home court throughout the playoffs was larger.

That enabled Boston to rest their stars for periods of time during games throughout the season, which essentially helped them during the big games in the playoffs. This year, both starters and key reserves have been out due to injuries, and Boston may not be completely healthy until the first round.

3. Closing the gap.

The Celtics were heads and shoulders above everyone in the East last year. Though the Pistons and Cavs were good, Boston was the leader virtually from wire to wire.

This season has been quite different, and with Cleveland catching, and some would say, surpassing Boston as the best team in the conference, Orlando is right on pace as well.

It will be vital that if Boston cannot secure the top overall seed in the East, they lock up the two seed, else they could be looking at the daunting task of having to go on the road potentially in Orlando and Cleveland to get back to the Finals.

4. The West is Best?

Aside from a LeBron vs. Kobe NBA Finals, the marketing department (and probably David Stern) would love to see a rematch of last year’s finals between the Lakers and Celtics.

Though Andrew Bynum is down yet again, Los Angeles has not missed a beat, and the gap between the top seed and number two has been at least seven games for most of the year.

While the Lakers are again the favorite to come out of the West, it is not definite, and it will be challenging. Whoever is the West representative would give Boston fits in the Finals; however, if given a choice between Los Angeles, San Antonio, or Utah, the Lakers may actually be the best actual matchup for Boston.