The Boston Celtics are still undefeated at home this season. Last night they came very close, but managed to justify their status as favorites against the “Timberwolves” in extra time, achieving their 18th home win in 18 home games played this season. This is a new record for the club at the start of the season, and the “Celtics” have confidently established themselves in the leading positions of the championship.
In this game of tackles, Boston doesn’t have as impressive a road record (11-8), which is simply “very good.” But in total, it still represents 78.4% of the balance of matches won. If the Celtics finish the regular season with that record, it will be the 25th best in NBA history. Of the top 24 teams, 16 won the championship that season, however, of the eight remaining regular champions without a title with at least a 79% winning record, three had done so in the previous seven years.
The NBA’s best regular seasons by winning percentage
V.TeamYearBalance%Result1.Warriors2015/1673-989%Loss in final2.Bulls1995/9672-1087.8%Champion3.Lakers1971/7269-1384.1%Champion3.Bulls1996/9769-1384.1%Champion5.76ers1966/676 8-1 384.0%Sample6. Celtics1972 /7368 -1482.9%Loss in conference finals25.Celtics2023/2429-878.4%Season still ongoing
It’s also interesting to note that Kristaps Porzingis’ individual stats were better in road games, where teams fared a little worse. In road games, Porzingis averaged 0.9 more points, grabbed 0.9 more rebounds, blocked 1.8 more shots, had 0.5 more assists, and the only significant difference in Porzingis’s favor in home games is in the accuracy of long shots (35.4% vs. .30% from distance). .
“Celtics” set the club record for consecutive home matches won right at the start of the season, while overall “Celtics” has the third longest winning streak in home matches in the club’s title-filled and successful history . Including the end of the previous regular season, the Celtics have won 25 consecutive home games (the NBA traditionally does not count playoff games in these streaks), but Boston also has a 33-game winning streak at home in 1986 and 1987 , as well as 38 consecutive home wins the year before. At that time, basketball was ruled by Larry Bird and his company, who ended his NBA career with an absurdly excellent record of home games: in the 455 NBA games in Boston that Bird attended, the “Celtics” won 391 times (85.9%) .
Byrd and the Celtics’ 38-game winning streak is the fifth-longest home winning streak in league history, while two records date back to 2015 and 2016, when the Spurs (shortly before Davja Bertans’ arrival in the NBA) they won 48 home games in a row, but the Golden State “Warriors” won 54 (!) home games in a row at the height of their power. Boston must extend its winning streak into next fall to break the league-wide record.
Longest home winning streak in the NBA
V.TeamYearVictory1.Golden State Warriors2015-2016.542.San Antonio Spurs2015-2016.483.Chicago Bulls1995-1996.444.Orlando Magic1995-1996.405.Boston Celtics1985-1986.386.Philadelphia 76ers1966-1967.3 51 7. Boston Celtics2023.25
True, in theory with Porzingis Boston still has a chance to break another league record this season. To date, no team has managed to avoid a home defeat during the regular season. The San Antonio Spurs came close seven years ago, when they finished the regular season 40-1 at home, and the Celtics did the same in 1985-86. in the season of the year.
The Spurs were in full swing at the time and set a club record in the regular season, but the Thunder unexpectedly conceded a goal in the playoffs, leaving fans without the long-awaited Warriors-Spurs Western Conference matchup that would have brought them to just one game . . off” paired two of the “Top12” regular season record holders in NBA history. Note that at that time the “Warriors” with their winning record (73-9 in the regular season) finished without a championship title.
It was a stark reminder that the pursuit of regular season records can backfire in the playoffs. After all, we’re all pretty certain that the Celtics will qualify for the playoffs midway through the season, so the second half of the regular season won’t be as important for athletic reasons. This is true, but with one important exception: home-field advantage in the playoffs. When two teams meet in a “play-off” duel, the first match will be played at home by the team that had a better balance in the regular season.
From 2005 to 2020, there was only one team that won the NBA championship despite winning fewer than 65% of its games in the regular season: the Miami Heat, led by Dwyane Wade, in 2006. However, this trend has changed, because in the previous three consecutive years, the title was won by teams whose seasonal record was just below this threshold (“Bucks” in 2021 with 63.9% of games won, “Warriors” in 2022 with 64 .6% and the “Nuggets” in the previous season with 64.6%. However, no NBA champion since 2005 has had a home record worse than 70.7%, or at least 29-12.
The “Celtics” will play their next match already tonight, visiting to fight against one of their main rivals in the Eastern Conference, the Milwaukee “Bucks”. The next home game, however, is scheduled for the night of January 14, when they will face the Houston “Rockets”.
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2024-01-11 16:12:00
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