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A year ago, the obvious conclusion would simply be “firepower; Ray Allen, Kevin Garnett, and Paul Pierce together is scary.” And it still is, especially after taking the league by storm throughout the 2007-2008 season, but that’s not why the men in green were able to earn the franchise’s 17th title this past June. The reason that the 2008 Boston Celtics came out victorious was not because of Ray Allen’s sweet stroke, Kevin Garnett’s dream shake, or Paul Pierce’s step-back jumper. It was because of how this entire team bought into Tom Thibodeau’s defensive schemes, and displayed some of the best help defense the NBA has seen in a while (perhaps all-time). The big names of Allen, Garnett, and Pierce sold the tickets, but the defensive commitment won them the ring. As cliché as that sounds, it is truer than Paul Pierce’s nickname.
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