The Boston Celtics entered the season with their usual title aspirations, and they’re finally starting to look like a team that can contend for the Eastern Conference championship.
Boston has won three straight games and five of its last six to move three games above .500. The Celtics will try to keep the momentum going during a three-game road trip, which begins in Detroit on Friday night.
The Celtics have recorded four double-digit victories since Jan. 23, but their latest triumph was much more difficult. They led Charlotte by 11 points with less than five minutes remaining, but the Hornets rallied to tie it with a minute to go. Boston then scored the last six points to emerge with a 113-107 victory.
“We’ve been in enough close games to where we’ve seen it go the other way, so we feel like we’ve hit a stretch where we get the shots we want, get the right looks, and then buckle down on defense and make the right plays,” coach Ime Udoka said. “That’s a sign of growth.”
A pair of free…