Boston Celtics: 3 keys to attaining 3-0 series lead tonight over 76ers

The Boston Celtics find themselves up 2-0 in this best-of-seven series, and are looking to make it a 3-0 advantage tonight with a win over Philadelphia.

Now two games into the 2020 NBA postseason, it’s safe to say that the Boston Celtics are easily living up to the hype that was surrounding them virtually all season long.

Touting a record of 48-24, the team came into the Disney bubble with high hopes and grandiose expectations. As of this publication, it appears they have let no one down.

Despite losing the likes of Gordon Hayward to a grade-3 ankle sprain, Boston still boasts one of the best cores the league has to offer. A healthy Kemba Walker has been a revelation, Jaylen Brown was an All-Star snub in 2019-20, Marcus Smart can simply “do it all”, and Jayson Tatum… well, more on him later.

Behind all these aforementioned players’ excellence, the Cs find themselves up 2-0 on the sixth-seeded Philadelphia 76ers which, to the Houdini does not seem shocking but, to others, it could be seen as such, particularly for Bleacher Report who went on the record to say Philly is the team in which Boston does not want to face in the playoffs.

With a minimum of two more games left to play — including tonight’s exhibition — the shamrocks are looking to finish out this series a la sweep and advance to the second round of the playoffs for the fourth consecutive season.

Before we get ahead of ourselves, however, like we said, there’s still a couple more games to be played. For tonight, if the Celtics wish to come away with a 3-0 series lead, they’ll want to try and adhere to these three keys: