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Does anyone believe that it'll be routine for the Celtics this season to lose one or two games to a good team and then go on a long winning streak before the next lost? I mean do you see them ever losing games consecutively?

March will be the month the Celtics face a tough schedule.

The Celtics haven't won 10 in a row since Larry Bird, Kevin McHale and Robert Parish led them to 14 straight wins in March and April of 1986, months before Boston's most recent NBA title.

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Speaking of streaks, is it too early to suggest that Boston could challenge the record of either Chicago 41-3 or Los Angeles Lakers 39-3 or Philadelphia 37-3?

Winning 29 of their first 32 games places the Celtics fourth on the league's all-time list for best starts.

Only the 1995-96 Chicago Bulls (41-3 on the way to a 72-10 season), the 1971-72 Los Angeles Lakers (39-3 to open a 69-13 season) and the 1966-67 Philadelphia 76ers (37-3 to set the tone for a 68-13 record) have begun with better records than the Celtics.

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Let's take it one game at a time.

Ghost of the Garden wrote:Let's take it one game at a time.

That. The moment they look forward to the next game is the moment they lose. I think it's much more difficult to get a streak going than to just win games individually because as the winning streak increases, teams are going to play them tougher. Suddenly a simple game against Charlotte (tonight, for instance) becomes difficult because they will play as if they are in the Finals. Beating a team like the Celtics on a big streak is a huge motivational tool for a team.