Tim Legler

They're not hurting themselves and they protect the paint better than any team in the league.

When you do those two things alone, you've got a great chance.

And now on top of it, the way they share it and you're getting Tatum back.

I was so impressed with what I saw Sunday because look, the Cavs treated that like a very big game because the Celtics have beaten them twice.

You could just tell by the intensity of Kenny Atkinson, like the pregame conversation we had with him.

He was like, no, man, we need to show up today because this team's gotten us twice.

We've got Mitchell coming back today.

Harden's playing through this.

They didn't have Jared Allen, and that's a big loss.

So I don't want to just kind of shoo that because he's playing great.

But still, Boston dismantled them.

Dismantled them.

And it was so impressive, Bill, that I'm going, man,

Tatum finds that little extra burst that he doesn't have and you wouldn't expect him to have right now.

If he gets some of that back in time by the start of the playoffs or by the second round of the playoffs, absolutely would not be surprised if Boston wins the Eastern Conference.

Now, Detroit's been the best team all year.

They're not playing as well right now.

Boston has closed the gap with them.

And then you have New York and Cleveland, I think, a little bit behind both of those teams in the way I view them.

Yeah, I mean, look, it's one of those things where you're not going to say, I'm not going to say.