Agree the Celtics are playing out of this world right now. They have been for many weeks.....locking in on defense when needed, anchored by Tatum (any surprise Brooklyn mounted a comeback when he fouled out yesterday?). Speaking of which, he....not coincidentally....is playing MVP like basketball on BOTH sides.
I think Steph and Klay get all the pub for best guard duo....with good, historical reasoning. But right now.... is there a better two punch at guard than Tatum and Brown? McCollum and Dame used to be in that discussion, but they are no more. Harden, Westbrook, Kyrie.....I supposed you could put some duos together in various incarnations of the past, but everything is so shuffled around now. And esp. Harden and Westbrook, the FORMER, respective MVP's.....are on the downhill side for sure. Kyrie still shows flashes of greatness, but was clearly impacted by the vaccination decision status....and is a personal/professional enigma.
I know it's considered more of a positionless league these days, with big men like Jokic handling the ball and passing like a point guard. So there might be a better duo of players at any postion on one team, but I think guards are so pivotal (no pun intended). Tell you this much....we might get to see Steph/Klay vs Tatum/Brown in the Finals. That could be quite a matchup.