Boston. The Boston Celtics around national basketball player Daniel Theis climbed to second place in the Eastern Conference shortly before the end of the NBA main round.
The clear 144:102 against the Washington Wizards was the 13th win from the past 16 games for the NBA record champions, who still have three games left before the playoffs. Theis contributed six points as a starting player, the best thrower was his teammate Jaylen Brown with 32 points.
The Celtics also benefited from the loss of defending champion Milwaukee Bucks to the Dallas Mavericks. Luka Doncic scored 32 points for the Mavericks at 118:112.
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