The Boston Celtics continued their run of domination with an absolute demolition job against the Philadelphia 76ers, walloping their division rivals, 135-87.

Doc Rivers had to give it up to his former team. The Sixers head coach lauded the Celtics for playing a much better brand of basketball far removed from their previous iso-reliant offense.

“You watch Boston play, and you can literally see the improvement of their ball movement,” said the Sixers head coach. “The old Boston is more isos. This Boston is driving and playing with each other. That's what makes them so much tougher.”

The Boston Celtics have flipped the script on what was once a despondent season for them. After hovering around the .500 mark for most of the year, they've now ripped off nine straight wins. They haven't been cheap ones either, thoroughly thrashing every opponent they've faced by a wide margin.

Not only has their offense looked much improved, but their defense has been arguably the best in the league for the past few months.

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There's understandably a lot of excitement as James Harden slowly assimilates himself into the Sixers offense. But there's something to be said of teams that figure things out internally and finally put it all together.

The Celtics have a long way to go, but things are looking up in Beantown.