At this point in the season, the Boston Celtics are starting to look like an enigma. One moment they play like one of the better teams in the Eastern conference, only to turn around and lose to the Brooklyn Nets, one of the conference 's worst teams based on its record. In order to make it in this league, a team has to go out every night and deliver a consistent effort win or lose. Apparently, the Celtics aren 't quite there yet. However, they did just recently bring a little two game road losing streak to a halt by winning its next to games against the win less Philadelphia 76ers 84-80, coming back two nights later to destroy a decent Washington Bullets team 111-78. In the victory over the Sixers, the Celtics used a big fourth quarter to …show more content…
The existing marks were set by the NFL 's Tampa Bay Buccaneers from 1976-77 and then by these same 76ers in 2013-14. This marks the third year in a row that Philadelphia as played the role of whipping boy in the NBA. Two nights later in Houston, they would break the rather dubious record for consecutive losses (27) by losing to the Rockets 116-114 in a valiant effort to avoid standing alone in the record …show more content…
This was the kind of game that showed what this Celtics team is capable of doing when everyone shows up to play at the same time. These two victories brought the team 's record to 9-7, good enough for second place in a contentious Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference. Over the next five, the Celtics are will be face with five straight on the road. The trip starts with a swing through Florida for games against the Orlando Magic and Miami Heat. Following the Heat game, it 's on to Mexico City for a game versus the Sacramento Kings as the NBA takes a regular season game to Mexico City Arena. From there, they close out the road trip through the South with games against the San Antonio Spurs and the New Orleans Pelicans. After logging that many miles over 10 days, they will be more than happy to get back home for some home cooking. With so much action on the boards, this is a great time of year for gamblers to seek out the best free bets. Free bets are a online sportsbook 's way of challenging sports gamblers to take their best shot at the bookmaker 's bankroll. As an astute gambler, you can take the best free bets and use those free bets to make some noise and show your bookmaker who