14 weeks is a long time ago when you are talking NBA seasons. And as much as they have been playing better, the results are much the same. They are 7-7 since March 7th as well when they have been healthy.
The Celtics are 10 and 7 in their last 17 (48 win pace).
They are 6 and 4 in their last 10 (49 win pace) and lost two of those games right at the death. Two games which could have easily gone the other way.
I do not think their form has been mediocre. It's been good-to-very good. Nowhere near Championship form but not mediocre either.
Let's go a day before March 7 to March 6 and the Atlanta Hawks are 9-6 since then. Not too far from where the celts are over their last 17. You can always find statistics to prove a point that you want to prove!
Since March 7, some of you have seen the Celtics go 7-7. Since March 7, I've seen Rasheed play tough post defense and getting steals on entry passes. I've seen him spend more time in the post than total in the 4 months prior. I've seen Garnett work and score the post
and pass out of it to cutting Rondo and Pierce like he did back in '08. I've seen Pierce earn Eastern Conference Player of the Week honors. I've seen Rondo get the triple doubles he's capable of any given night against any given opponent in the playoffs. I've seen Ray Allen shoot 50% fg and 39% 3pt fg. I've seen Michael Finley look like a very steady rotational player shooting 54% fgs since arriving.
While some of you have seen 7-7, I've seen very encouraging signs that we can be a title contender.