After the Boston Celtics acquired Antoine Walker form the Atlanta Hawks they won 11 of 12 games. Since then, the C's have gone 3-6 and are barely holding on to the Atlantic Division lead. The Celtics play tonight against their division rivals, the Philadelphia 76ers. With only two home games left in the Celtics' season, it will not be an easy road to the playoffs.
If the playoffs started today, the Celtics would play the Washington Wizards but if the Wizards have a better record than the Celtics at the end of the season, they would get homecourt in the first round. This
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would not be good for the Celtics who, like most teams, are better at home. This Friday, the Celtics will have a huge test at home against Shaquille O'Neal's Eastern Confrence leading Miami Heat.
Before the Celtics acquired Antoine Walker, they would have probably made the playofss but wouldn't have been a force in the East. In those first twelve games after Antoine joined the Green, they looked unstoppable and it looked like they could be Eastern Confrence Champions. Now, with only six games left in the 2004-2005 NBA season, the Celtics shot at going deep in the playoffs don't look very good and getting to the Finals is not realistic at all. This has been a very interesting season for the Boston Celtics and there is no telling how it will turn out.
-Written by Jesse
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