I keep hearing how the West has so many strong teams and how the C's would be like 12th out West but looking at the PPG and PP100 possessions of the teams out West and watching them play, I gotta say, not many of them play defense. Certainly not defense like many of the Eastern teams, Boston included.
I wouldn't be so certain that Boston wouldn't be in a playoff hunt out West because they actually do play defense, unlike most of the teams in the West.