For the B/R expert, that 'X factor' down the stretch is none other than Boston big man Kristaps Porzingis. While we disagree that the Celtics have anything like a soft underbelly

The Celtics were the third team in the NBA to collect its 40th win Thursday, a 20-point pasting of the hapless Philadelphia 76ers in their first game after the All-Star break. It’s their eighth win in the past nine games, appearing to settle in after a troublesome 6-6 stretch where they were maddeningly inconsistent.

T he Boston Celtics have showed they are playing like champs in their recent trouncing of the Philadelphia 76ers, and it is not just fans of the storied ball club taking note of t