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Justin Quinn

Boston Celtics Week 8 power rankings: West coast road tripping

The Boston Celtics had a mixed bag of a week last week, and find the results reflected in their assessments in a number of popular power rankings.

It started with a hard-fought, 111 – 107 win over the Golden State Warriors on Tuesday, only to see the Celtics drop their second game of the annual west coast road trip to the Sacramento Kings 116 – 11 the following day. Boston made up for it in a big way with 119 – 115 a signature victory over the Los Angeles Clippers on Friday night, but then stumbled yet again, falling to the Phoenix Suns 100 – 91 on Sunday afternoon.

That they have managed to go 2 – 2 on the road trip without Marcus Smart and sans Jaylen Brown for most of their trip is impressive — but how did other analysts see the split ticket of a week for the Celtics?

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