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Celtics’ elite play will be tested in these ‘measuring stick’ games

Celtics' elite play will be tested in these 'measuring stick' games

Are the Celtics for real? These ‘measuring stick’ games may tell us originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston

According to several metrics, the Boston Celtics have been the NBA’s best team since the New Year. They’re 10-1 in their last 11 games and have won 17 of their last 22 — many by a wide margin.

But there’s still a question that needs further answering: Have the Celtics transformed into a legitimately elite team, or are they just taking advantage of bad competition?

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To Boston’s credit, the C’s did demolish the No. 3 seed Philadelphia 76ers by 48 points and dispatch Nikola Jokic’s Denver Nuggets earlier this month. But their other 10 wins in the last 14 games have all come against teams that had losing records or were short-handed (the Miami Heat without Jimmy Butler and Kyle Lowry and the Brooklyn Nets without Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving, for example).

That’s all to say the red-hot Celtics could use a few…

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