Celtics’ Marcus Smart knows title shots don’t come around often ahead of Hawks series: ‘May be our only shot’
As the Boston Celtics prepared for the , all signs pointed to a return to the NBA Finals.
After losing to the in six games, the Celtics returned all five starters from a team that won 26 of their final 32 regular season games during the 2021-22 regular season en route to their NBA Finals appearance.
The offseason additions of Malcolm Brogdon and Danilo Gallinari coupled with head coach Ime Udoka returning for his second season had everyone thinking about adding an 8th championship to the organ