The NBA playoffs are heating up but what team is at the top?

The NBA playoffs are heating up but what team is at the top?

by Joshua Bozek

Almost a month deep into the 2023-2024 Nba playoffs only 8 teams are left standing for a shot to win the title. In the eastern conference we have the betting favorite Boston Celtics who are up 3 games to 1 over the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Indian Pacers who have won their last two games against the New York Knicks only to fall in game 5 where the Knicks take a 3-2 series lead.

While over in the western conference we have the majority of where the talent is in the NBA playoffs. The Minnesota Timberwolves and Anthony Edwards are giving the reigning NBA champions and recently announced MVP Nikola Jokic a run for their money as they took an early 2-0 lead, but the series is now a 3-3 and it will be a must watch game 7 in Denver. The other tight series in the western conference would be the young OKC Thunder and the amazing guard play of the Dallas Mavericks throwing punches at each other as the Mavericks hold a 3-2 series lead.

But through all of this only one team stands above the rest. The Boston Celtics are built from top to bottom and ready to bring their 18th banner home to Boston. The Celtics, with the best record in the NBA, have no weaknesses on their team. Ranked second in team offense and 3 in team defense while missing one of their top players for the past 5 playoff games. When Kristaps Porziņģis comes back from his injury in the next series the boston celtics will be virtually unstoppable in every aspect in the game of basketball. The boston celtics have 5 current/previous all stars on their team (Derrick White should have been one this season). On top of being the most stacked roster in the NBA they have the most playoff experience making the last 10 years of NBA playoffs (last missed the playoffs in 2014).

The Celtics will most likely be playing the New York Knicks, a team who has a passionate fan base like Boston does, but their team is around two tiers below the Boston Celtics. That series will wrap up quickly in Boston's favor. Leaving the Celtics in the finals most likely either against the Denver Nuggets or Timberwolves who will put up a fight but not a worthy enough one for this Boston Celtics team. This year is Boston's year and they will be bringing home banner 18.