Time flowed on like a gentle stream. Before anyone knew it, February had quietly slipped away.
After the NBA All-Star Game, the Boston Celtics had looked unstoppable, tearing through their opponents and putting together an impressive run of wins.
But as March arrived, the Boston Celtics began their usual rotation plan, resting their players.
The Boston Celtics no longer seemed so fixated on claiming the top spot in the Eastern Conference. They were more concerned with keeping their players healthy and making sure they could reach the playoffs as a top-eight team.
As several of the Boston Celtics' core players began taking turns resting, the team's overall record grew increasingly inconsistent.
Over the course of March, they suffered as many as ten losses, bringing their record to 54 wins and 21 losses.
Even so, the Boston Celtics still held firmly to third place in the Eastern Conference.
The team in fourth place in the East had yet to reach fifty wins.
At this rate, even after the remaining games were played, that team would probably still fall short of fifty victories.
It was clear that the top three teams in the East had formed a group well ahead of the rest.
At the top were the formidable Chicago Bulls, followed by the Cleveland Cavaliers, with the Boston Celtics in third.
As for the Indiana Pacers, ever since their star, Paul George, had been ruled out for the season with an injury after the All-Star break, they had plunged into a terrible losing streak and slid all the way to seventh in the East.
However, the team drawing the most attention across the league right now was undoubtedly the Golden State Warriors!
So far, the Golden State Warriors had put together an astonishing record of 68 wins and 7 losses.
They