The Boston Celtics keep on making history on the court for the NBA with their latest achievement. They gave Kristaps Porzingis the award for Eastern Conference Player of the Week.
Porzingis, who is centring the Celtics’ outfit, emerged as the best player on Monday, which is the day when the Player of the Week award was announced. After four wins without any losses from the period covering April 1 to April 7, he averaged 19.8 points, 10 rebounds, and three blocks per game.
Measuring 7’2″ tallest among the newly arrived Celtics, such seasonal averages as 20.2 ppg, 7.2 rpg, and 1.9 bpg for Porzingis look brilliant after his first season.
In what is a record for the National Basketball Association, the Boston Celtics have now entered into unprecedented territory by being the first team ever to have their players take home the weekly Player of the Week awards four different times during a single season, starting from the time the honour was established in the 1979–80 season.
Like Porzingis, Jayson Tatum has his name added to the collection of the most acclaimed players. Also during this period, of course, Jaylen Brown (March 4) and Derrick White (March 25) will each have their own starting lineups. Thus, the frontcourt and the backcourt are not weak spots for this team.
The phenomenal statistic of 62-16 in the account of the Celtics has so far provided a whopping 15-game lead above the Eastern Conference leaders, the Milwaukee Bucks, as of today. Just besides that, they had the best performance among all teams, thereby taking advantage of the homecourt field during the 2024 playoffs.
To recap, we see Kristaps Porzingis’ last striking performance and the overall performance of the Boston Celtics in the ongoing NBA season. Without a doubt, the Boston Celtics’ victory is not only due to Porzingis as an individual talent but also as an amazing team with specific goals.
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