Prior to the NBA’s COVID-19 induced hiatus, the Boston Celtics were finding themselves in the midst of quite a successful 2019-20 campaign. Through 64 games the team registered a record of 43-21, were the third seed in the Eastern Conference, the fifth seed in the entire league and clinched their sixth consecutive postseason berth.
Their core group of ballers were proving to play like a well oiled machine when fully healthy, as they rolled out one of the most menacing starting fives the association has to offer in Kemba Walker, Jaylen Brown, Gordon Hayward, Jayson Tatum and Daniel Theis.