With Thursday night's Game 6 lo s to the Golden State Warriors at TD Garden, will have to wait to hang their 18th championship banner. Which begs the question, how close are the New England Patriots to hoisting their seventh Lombardi Trophy Chicago Bears Jackets ?In 2018 both the Patriots and Boston Red Sox won titles, but since then Ma sachusetts has been in a - okay, we're admittedly greedy - sports drought.The Celtics haven't won a championship since the days of Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce in 2008. The Boston Bruins lost their first-round playoff series, fired coach Bruce Ca sidy and haven't won the Stanley Cup since goalie Tim Thomas helped them break the 39-year drought in 2011 Red Grange Jersey . The Red Sox are above .500 but a gaudy 13.5 games behind the surging New York Yankees this season, making their '18 title fueled by Khalil Mack Jersey Mookie Betts and Steve Pearce feel like a distant memory.Are the Patriots in line to be the next Boston team to win a title?Scroll to ContinueThe odds - and recent history - suggest otherwise. Since Tom Brady left, Bill Belichick's team is only David Montgomery Jersey 17-16 and hasn't as much as won a single playoff game. They sneaked into the postseason last year, only to be humiliated in a 40-point lo s to the AFC East champion Buffalo Bills.With promising second-year quarterback Mac Jones, highly drafted offensive rookies in Cole Strange and Tyquan Thornton Tashaun Gipson Jersey and t , the Patriots figure to at the very least again be competitive in 2022.However, and are to win Super Bowl LVII February 12 in Glendale, Arizona.As ultimately unfulfilling as the Celtics' run was, it may serve Boston fans well to embrace getting that close to a title. Because the next one isn't easily identifiable at this point.