Celtics’ Chemistry Growing More Marvel-ous with Each Win

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Celtics’ Chemistry Growing More Marvel-ous with Each Win


By Taylor Snow |  @taylorcsnow
Celtics.com
March 22, 2022


The Boston Celtics have developed into a group of superheroes, as they’ve risen from the dust of a troublesome beginning only to become the most prevailing force in the NBA over the past two-plus months, winning 20 of their last 23 games.

This past week, they did what superheroes do: they came down from the sky and swept their way through four Western Conference foes without showing a trace of struggle.

They started off their four-game road trip on Wednesday night with a 110-88 thrashing of the Golden State Warriors, owners of the best home record in the NBA. They tore through Sacramento Friday night with a 126-97 slashing of the Kings. They hammered the Nuggets with a 124-104 win Sunday night in the Mile High City. And to cap it all off, they struck down the Oklahoma City Thunder with a 132-123 win Monday night while playing on the second night of a back-to-back.

With each win, Boston's camaraderie seemed to grow stronger whether it was on the court, on the sideline, or in the locker room. They were playing for one another, celebrating each other’s successes, and enjoying every moment of their developing brotherhood.

“I think that we have proven ourselves right in terms of just having confidence, in terms of being there for one another,” Grant Williams said Monday night, after tallying career highs of 20 points and 10 rebounds against the Thunder. “I feel like this team is growing closer and closer every single day.”

Williams seems to be one of Boston’s main chemists when it comes to bonding the team together. He’s always showing support, constantly making people laugh, and his smile brightens up every arena that he enters.

Being the self-professed nerd that he is, Williams even gave each of his teammates nicknames based on characters from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, which he read off his phone during Monday’s postgame interview.

Of course, now we're obliged to share them all, so enjoy:

Marcus Smart – Incredible Hulk
Al Horford – Captain America
Jaylen Brown – Black Panther
Aaron Nesmith – Drax
Sam Hauser – Hawkeye
Luke Kornet – Groot
Nik Stauskas – Ant-Man
Rob Williams – Thor
Daniel Theis – Captain Marvel
Jayson Tatum – Vision
Payton Pritchard – Quicksilver
Matt Ryan – Star-Lord
Malik Fitts – Doctor Strange
Brodric Thomas – Rocket
Derrick White – Iron Man
Grant Williams (himself) – Spiderman
Ime Udoka – Nick Fury


Sticking to the superhero theme, Williams had also requested his teammates to call him “Batman” after helping to slow down Denver’s Nikola “Joker” Jokic Sunday night, as the C's held the reigning MVP to an 8-of-23 shooting effort.

“My dad came up with that over a year ago,” Williams said of his DC superhero nickname, which has gone viral on social media over the past couple of days. “We played Denver, he was joking about it saying, 'We should just call you Batman from now on.' It wasn't just because of the whole Joker thing. It was more so I'm not like the most athletic, I'm not the most incredible, but brains and then like everything else you work with, that was the Batman kind of spiel.”

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dboss,

As long as they are winning and having fun, they can call themselves whatever they want!!  Just keep winning...Just keep winning!!  Call each other Dory for all I care!!

It looks like sports media has changed its take on the Celtics effective this morning.  Now they are saying we are too good for now and this will fizzle out in a 7-game series.  Looks won't be this open, having to handle real scorers, etc., etc., blah, blah, blah.  In conclusion, Boston still ain't winning it all so back to the kiddie table.  They are still contemplating the what ifs of BKN, LAL, and PHI although PHI-championship talk has calmed down significantly lately and they may be the first team knocked off the elusive 3-team media perch as a total disappointment.  They must be convinced Harden is Harden and nothing has changed nor ever will change with him when the real lights go up.  Harden will look good in a SAC uni!!  Insert/Download last 13 years Harden curse, same result.  No title.  PHI done.  PHI can be replaced with a whiny Steve Kerr, though!!            

db