Celtics Clinch Boring Divisional Race With 16th Consecutive Win

The Boston Celtics won their 16th game in a row last night over the Atlanta Hawks 88-85. With the win, the Celtics have clinched an extremely boring divisional race for the remaining 56 games on the regular season schedule as their next closest opponent is now 11 games back. It is the second consecutive boring divisional race for the Celtics after they finished 25 games better than Toronto last year. Head coach Doc Rivers said he is proud of what his team has accomplished again, and said now they can relax and fall into a general not caring about games from here on out. It will hopefully carry over a few rounds into the playoffs until they can turn it around and win another championship, just like last year. "Every game from here on out is a not entirely necessary, but would be nice if we did win games," said Boston fan Jack Robredo. "It makes following the team so much easier when you don't have to really care about whether they win or lose to actually watch the games. You can just check out ... (link)