As March quietly arrived, the Boston Celtics once again began their usual planned rest strategy.
The team's seasoned veterans followed a steady "play one, rest one" pattern to adjust their condition, while Goodwin, the team's centerpiece, was strictly limited to roughly 20 minutes per game.
This seemingly unusual personnel arrangement gave the Boston Celtics' rotation players a wealth of valuable opportunities for real-game experience.
Among them, the most notable improvements came from the two rising stars, Giannis Antetokounmpo and Nikola Jokic.
Like two brilliant stars on the rise, they continuously displayed astonishing talent and strength on the court, and the speed of their development was plain for all to see.
However, everything had two sides.
Although the team's younger players were able to rise quickly because of this, the Boston Celtics' overall record also declined noticeably compared with before.
Over the entire month of March, they lost as many as seven games.
Even so, once all of March's games had concluded, their overall record remained highly impressive—60 wins and 14 losses in total, first in the East and second in the entire league.
By comparison, the Golden State Warriors stood above the rest with an outstanding 61-13 record, firmly holding the league's top spot.
Faced with such a situation, no one on the Boston Celtics showed the slightest concern or anxiety.
Because for this ambitious team, the regular-season title was by no means their ultimate goal.
The only thing they longed and dreamed for was the NBA championship trophy, the symbol of supreme glory!
So let the Golden State Warriors have first place in the regular season. The Boston Celtics would continue to follow their original rest plan, step by step, without wavering.
Time flew by, and before long, April 15 arrived. With the Golden State Warriors defeating the Utah