VIDEO: Boston Celtics' asfixiating defense shutting down the Hawks

The Boston Celtics have been the best team from the start up to this point in the regular season. With a few games left for the beginning of the playoffs, the Celtics traveled to Atlanta for a hard-fought match against the Hawks. Boston's defensive rating has remaind in the top three on the league and is one of their biggest reasons to be considered title contenders.

With the Celtics wanting to secure their first spot overall and earn home court advantage for all the playoffs, Atlanta has found it very difficult to score. In this sequence we can appreciate how well Boston's defense is organized. The helps, the communication and the energy, everything works perfectly to deny three times the Hawks' attempts.

Everything just builds from that defensive side, after that, Jaylen Brown finishes with an easy lay-up. Excellent hustle from the NBA's best squad.