The Wizards shock everybody and take the 7-seed in the Eastern Conference
Jayson Tatum, Kemba Walker and Evan Fournier will likely combine for 65+ points tomorrow night, but the rest of the Celtics scoring is a major question mark right now. The same can be said about the Wizards, but at least you kind of know what you will be getting with guys like Rual Neto, Davis Bertans, Rui Hachimura and Daniel Gafford.
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I am much more confident in the Wizards role players over the Celtics role players, which is why I believe Washington comes away with the victory tomorrow night and claims the 7-seed after having one of the worst records in the league heading into the All-Star break.
The turnaround in Washington has been quite remarkable and with the Celtics not having Jaylen Brown tomorrow night and for the rest of the season, it is hard to see them being anything special. Jayson Tatum will likely do his thing, as will Kemba Walker, but they just do not have enough overall firepower to keep up with the Wizards who could go for over 120 points tomorrow.
This season has been a mess for the Boston Celtics and by losing to the Wizards tomorrow night, they will be one step closer to what will be a very interesting offseason in terms of internal change to this organization.