Celtics Final Regular Season Record (Record Over Last FOURTEEN Games)

Final record (after last 14 games)

  • 53+ Wins (At least 12-2 over last 14 games)

    Votes: 6 4.9%
  • 51-52 Wins (10-4 or 11-3)

    Votes: 61 50.0%
  • 49-50 Wins (8-6 or 9-5)

    Votes: 52 42.6%
  • 47-48 Wins (6-8 or 7-7)

    Votes: 3 2.5%
  • 45-46 Wins (4-10 or 5-9)

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • 43-44 Wins (2-12 or 3-11)

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • I'm a miserable SOB and I only expect 0-2 wins the rest of the season

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Total voters
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NomarsFool

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Let's just pretend that other poll never happened :)

Celtics are at 41-27 with (now) 14 games to go

Home vs. Dallas [LOSS]
Away vs. Golden State [WIN]
Away vs. Sacramento [WIN]
Away vs. Denver [WIN]
Away vs. OKC (B2B) [WIN]
Home vs. Utah [WIN]
Home vs. Minnesota [WIN]
Away vs. Toronto (B2B)
Home vs. Miami
Home vs. Indiana
Home vs. Washington
Away vs. Chicago
Away vs. Milwaukee (B2B)
Away vs. Memphis

It is was a tough schedule for their opponents :)
 
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49-50. They aren’t catching Miami so they are going to take the foot off the acclerator as the playoffs get closer. The top 7 are going to play fewer minutes and maybe miss some games.
 

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u need to avoid the 2 seed the 4/5 seed wouild be a good path let philly brook milw beat eash other up then u beat Chi/cle and then mia
 

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My kid and I were just looking at this. We think:

Home vs. Dallas - W
Away vs. Golden State - L
Away vs. Sacramento - W
Away vs. Denver - L
Away vs. OKC (B2B) - W
Home vs. Utah - W
Home vs. Minnesota - W
Away vs. Toronto (B2B) - L
Away vs. Miami - L
Home vs. Indiana - W
Home vs. Washington - W
Away vs. Chicago - W
Away vs. Milwaukee (B2B) - L
Away vs. Memphis - L

It's a little hard to believe they finish 8-6 after going 20-2 over their last 22, but these are good teams and the west coast trips are always brutal and the home-away B2Bs are tough as well.

This might be a little pessimistic, but like others I don't think there's huge urgency to win at the end of the season.
 

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It's a little hard to believe they finish 8-6 after going 20-2 over their last 22, but these are good teams and the west coast trips are always brutal and the home-away B2Bs are tough as well.
Agreed. 8-6 is probably about what we should expect. I'd be thrilled with a 9-5 record and would sign up for that right now. It would give them an outside shot at the 3 seed. As it is I think we're looking at a 4-5 with Chicago in round 1. That's a good matchup for the C's. Chicago doesn't have rim protection, and I agree with Scal when he says that making rim reads against good rim protection is one of the Celtics weaknesses.
 

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My kid and I were just looking at this. We think:

Home vs. Dallas - W
Away vs. Golden State - L
Away vs. Sacramento - W
Away vs. Denver - L
Away vs. OKC (B2B) - W
Home vs. Utah - W
Home vs. Minnesota - W
Away vs. Toronto (B2B) - L
Away vs. Miami - L
Home vs. Indiana - W
Home vs. Washington - W
Away vs. Chicago - W
Away vs. Milwaukee (B2B) - L
Away vs. Memphis - L

It's a little hard to believe they finish 8-6 after going 20-2 over their last 22, but these are good teams and the west coast trips are always brutal and the home-away B2Bs are tough as well.

This might be a little pessimistic, but like others I don't think there's huge urgency to win at the end of the season.
Yeah, I didn’t vote that way but I think 7-7 is not at all unlikely, either. There’s a pretty decent chance the last few games won’t matter and I don’t expect the Cs to go pedal to the metal to close it out. Of course, the other teams might not, either. So, a lot depends on who needs it more - but the Celtics have a pretty big drop off in talent after #9 on the roster. I see other team’s 2nd - 3rd units beating ours.
 

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I think “foot off the gas” applies more to veteran teams with established playoff records. But odd as it seems, I don’t think this squad qualifies, and they have a new coach running a system that requires a lot of player investment and discipline. I don’t think we can take it for granted that the Celtics will coast or play for seeding.
 

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This isn’t necessarily a foot off the gas type of team either. Their defense has been legendary but it’s not the type of defense that you necessarily want to tinker with too much, particularly with their rotations more or less set. To much criticism (including my own) Ime spent the first part of the season doing this tinkering. The core of their team is barely old enough to buy beer. I think that we see them roll into the playoffs firing on all cylinders
 

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IME and the players (Tatum esp.) are locked in. I'd be surprised to see them go 7-7 or 8-6 the rest of the way. The coach was playing his starters plenty of minutes in November, I wouldn't expect him to take the foot off the accelerator a few weeks before the playoffs. Maybe Horford gets a day off on back-to-backs?

I also wouldn't be shocked to see this team gather the 2 seed and draw the Nets while the other veteran coaches (Bud, Doc) snicker as they play the seeding game. IME will want this team playing right and probably won't try to manipulate who they get in Round 1.
 

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I also wouldn't be shocked to see this team gather the 2 seed and draw the Nets while the other veteran coaches (Bud, Doc) snicker as they play the seeding game. IME will want this team playing right and probably won't try to manipulate who they get in Round 1.
It would be hilarious if MIL + PHI tried to avoid BRK and dropped into the 4 + 5 seeds while BOS got #2 and CHI got #3 only for BRK to lose to TOR and be the #8. So BOS gets TOT / winner of CLE-CHI while MIA + MIL + PHI + BRK are in the same bracket.
 

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IME and the players (Tatum esp.) are locked in. I'd be surprised to see them go 7-7 or 8-6 the rest of the way. The coach was playing his starters plenty of minutes in November, I wouldn't expect him to take the foot off the accelerator a few weeks before the playoffs. Maybe Horford gets a day off on back-to-backs?

I also wouldn't be shocked to see this team gather the 2 seed and draw the Nets while the other veteran coaches (Bud, Doc) snicker as they play the seeding game. IME will want this team playing right and probably won't try to manipulate who they get in Round 1.
Teams should be trying to avoid the Celtics. I want them playing to win. If they draw Brooklyn in round one, so be it.
 

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It would be hilarious if MIL + PHI tried to avoid BRK and dropped into the 4 + 5 seeds while BOS got #2 and CHI got #3 only for BRK to lose to TOR and be the #8. So BOS gets TOT / winner of CLE-CHI while MIA + MIL + PHI + BRK are in the same bracket.
Clearly you want to avoid Durant, BUT it's really tricky to "game" the seeding situation.

I'd expect IME/Brad's mindset to just try to win as much as possible and take care of their "controllables". Whereas Harden/Embiid/Morey will continue to exhibit that they are the smartest in the room :rolleyes: and try to manipulate the seed
 

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I can see them not playing Horford in a game, they just did that recently. I can also see Ime giving a little more run to folks like Grant, PP, Theis, and Nesmith to sharpen them up for the post season and see who can contribute. I don’t see load management games for Tatum or Brown, but if any nagging injuries come up , it would make sense to give folks some rest.
 
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I guessed 9-5. I see four relatively easy wins (Sacramento, OKC, Indy, Washington) and I figure they split the rest. But it could be that in the last could of games they are pretty much slotted in right where they want to be and you see Horford, Tatum, etc. getting maintenance days.
 

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Toronto, Chicago, and Milwaukee could be key seeding games, and so I don't see Ime resting players for any of those matchups.
 

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I'm getting pretty worried that the Celtics will keep tearing things up, which would put them into the 2-3 seed, which will very likely be the same side of the bracket as the Nets.
 

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I'm getting pretty worried that the Celtics will keep tearing things up, which would put them into the 2-3 seed, which will very likely be the same side of the bracket as the Nets.
No team should scare them (other than PHX) if Tatum regains his 3pt stroke. Their defense is that good. Horford can somewhat slow Embiid and Giannis down w/ TL Free Safety. They match up fine with Miami
 

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Facing Brooklyn later in the playoffs would be better, figuring on the injury factor for KD, Kyrie, and some of their geriatric supporting cast. Watching BK drop play in games to the Hornets and Hawks would be fun.
 

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Facing Brooklyn later in the playoffs would be better, figuring on the injury factor for KD, Kyrie, and some of their geriatric supporting cast. Watching BK drop play in games to the Hornets and Hawks would be fun.
The counter is that the further out you play them the more likely the chances that Kyrie will be able to play at home.
 

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Also, I have to think, at some point in the future, Ben SImmons will play basketball for the Nets. That may not be this season at all, certainly, but I would think the probability of him playing is greater in a later round than it is in the first round.
 

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I think if you're one of the top teams, you're hoping that TOR finishes 7 and BKN 8.

That means BRK plays in TOR (no Kyrie) and if they lose (pretty likely) they play at home (probably no Kyrie) against the winner of the CHA/ATL game. BKN would be favored even without Kyrie, but both those teams can get hot from 3 and win.
 

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I think if you're one of the top teams, you're hoping that TOR finishes 7 and BKN 8.

That means BRK plays in TOR (no Kyrie) and if they lose (pretty likely) they play at home (probably no Kyrie) against the winner of the CHA/ATL game. BKN would be favored even without Kyrie, but both those teams can get hot from 3 and win.
Oh sweet, merciful Jesus, please let this happen. The schadenfreude would be ever so delightful.
 

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I think if you're one of the top teams, you're hoping that TOR finishes 7 and BKN 8.

That means BRK plays in TOR (no Kyrie) and if they lose (pretty likely) they play at home (probably no Kyrie) against the winner of the CHA/ATL game. BKN would be favored even without Kyrie, but both those teams can get hot from 3 and win.
BKN could finish 7 and TOR 8 and Kyrie is probably still not playing in that game. So if Brooklyn finishes 7 or 8 there's a pretty good chance Kyrie sits both play in games (I don't foresee Toronto falling to 9 or 10).
 

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BKN could finish 7 and TOR 8 and Kyrie is probably still not playing in that game. So if Brooklyn finishes 7 or 8 there's a pretty good chance Kyrie sits both play in games (I don't foresee Toronto falling to 9 or 10).
I think TOR has no chance of falling to 8, honestly sadly I think they pass 1 or both of CLE/CHI and the Nets get 1 Kyrie game whether they finish 8, 9 or 10. And if they do they probably win that game
 

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Another home first half another fierce rectal pounding of a playoff bound opponent. I’m beginning to think that 54 victories is a realistic total.
 

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Yeah, 49 is looking like a pretty silly guess by me at this point.

edit: I guess I get credit for 50 too, since the thread was restarted with different options, but 50 is looking just as bad at this point.
 

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Celtics officially hit their over for the season (45.5 wins), with 8 games left. Just remarkable considering where they were a few months ago.
 

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Celtics are now 0.5 games out of first, with the same record as Milwaukee. Philly has 1 fewer loss than the C's, Miami has 1 more win.

The Celtics (46-28) remaining games are:
  • March 27: Minnesota (43-32)
  • March 28: at Toronto (42-32)
  • March 30: Miami (47-28)
  • April 1: Indiana (25-50)
  • April 3: Washington (31-42)
  • April 6: at Chicago (43-31)
  • April 7: at Milwaukee (46-28)
  • April 10: at Memphis (52-23)
As good as they have played of late I think they probably split these and end the season 50-32.
 

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Today’s tough with how well Minnesota has been playing, and I’m always a bit leery of non typical start times, especially at home.

It’s a bit crazy how many road games they have in their last seven, but the real wild card will be what the teams have to play for and how much load management comes into play.
 

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Today’s tough with how well Minnesota has been playing, and I’m always a bit leery of non typical start times, especially at home.

It’s a bit crazy how many road games they have in their last seven, but the real wild card will be what the teams have to play for and how much load management comes into play.
Yes, this. A couple of teams the Celtics are playing are potentially in the mix for the 6th seed (and thus avoiding the play in), so they will have more to play for than the C's.
 

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Today’s tough with how well Minnesota has been playing, and I’m always a bit leery of non typical start times, especially at home.

It’s a bit crazy how many road games they have in their last seven, but the real wild card will be what the teams have to play for and how much load management comes into play.
Why is the number of road games in their last seven crazy? It's 4 out of 7, that's as even as it can be.
 

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The Good Celtics are 14-3 on the road since the Knicks implosion game that started their remarkable turnaround
 

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Their last 3 are on the road, anyway.
And it's the toughest remaining three game stretch just based off the opponents (Bucks, Chicago, Memphis). It may actually work in their favor that those road games are saved for last. With only three games remaining they'll have a much better understanding of where they are in the standings and can decide if it's better for them to hit the gas or coast into the playoffs.

4 of their next 5 at home, including home games against the only two non-playoff teams left on their schedule (Pacers and Wizards) puts them in a pretty good position to make calculated decisions going into a very tough last week of the season.
 

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Another game against another playoff team. Another soul-crushing domination. 70-34
 

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First place in the East.

Minnesota needed this win - they are 7th in the West - to try to get to 6th and out of the play in games, but they could not even compete.