Celtics Fans Will Love Nick Wright's New Take On Boston's Contention Forecast
Wright was talkin' some Celtics basketball on First Things First.
Celtics Fans Will Love Nick Wright's New Take On Boston's Contention Forecast originally appeared on NESN . Add NESN as a Preferred Source by clicking here . Now that Detroit Pistons superstar Cade Cunningham is expected to miss an extended period due to a collapsed lung, FOX Sports' Nick Wright has full confidence that the Boston Celtics are going to win the Eastern Conference.
"It now will be stunning to me if the Celtics don't win the conference," Wright said on Thursday during First Things First . “It now will be stunning to me if the Celtics don't win the conference. ” @getnickwright thinks it is officially Boston’s conference to lose: pic.
twitter. com/akEmxTByMm — First Things First (@FTFonFS1) March 19, 2026 When Wright had his take challenged by Chris Broussard, Wright doubled down on his assertion, specifying that he'd be stunned if the Celtics lost to the New York Knicks in a playoff series for the second year in a row. The Celts still have one more regular-season matchup against the Knicks -- their third to last game of the season on April 9 at Madison Square Garden.
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