A Tale of Two Schedules

[elrod enchilada]

A Tale of Two Schedules


The Celtics remaining 21 games can be split into two convenient groups: The first eleven games include nine difficult games against high-quality opponents, five of which are on the road; the remaining ten games which are by comparison rather lightweight.

The first eleven:

Mon 10 @ Philadelphia
Wed 12 vs Seattle
Fri 14 vs Utah
Sat 15 @ Milwaukee
Mon 17 @ San Antonio
Tue 18 @ Houston
Thu 20 @ Dallas
Sat 22 @ New Orleans
Mon 24 vs Philadelphia
Wed 26 vs Phoenix
Fri 28 vs New Orleans


The final ten:

Sun 30 vs Miami
Tue 01 @ Chicago
Wed 02 vs Indiana
Sat 05 @ Charlotte
Tue 08 @ Milwaukee
Wed 09 @ Washington
Fri 11 vs Milwaukee
Sat 12 @ Atlanta
Mon 14 @ New York
Wed 16 vs New Jersey

The Cs are going to get a very good match over the next three weeks. This is an ideal heat check of just how well we are playing. Because we could play very well and still go 5-6. If we win more than 6 of these games it will be a very very positive sign going forward.

The last ten games are a gift from the Gods. The Cs should be able to work on their games and rack up wins. I think 8-2 is realistic, since 5 or 6 of the games are against teams thinking about accruing lottery balls, not playoff berths. None of the opponents in the final ten games are as difficult as nine of the games in the first 11. The Cs should go into the playoffs on a high.

My prediction: Final record: 62-20. Best record in the NBA.

[P2]

I don't think we'll get to 20 losses. If we can beat Detroit, we can beat anyone.

[Tricky Ricky]

I don't think we'll get to 20 losses. If we can beat Detroit, we can beat anyone.

If your talking about the game last week keep in my mind it was at home, a lot of the better teams were going to be playing are on the road but I dont think we'll get to 20 losses either

[CelticsWhat!]

A Tale of Two Schedules




The Cs are going to get a very good match over the next three weeks. This is an ideal heat check of just how well we are playing. Because we could play very well and still go 5-6. If we win more than 6 of these games it will be a very very positive sign going forward.

The last ten games are a gift from the Gods. The Cs should be able to work on their games and rack up wins. I think 8-2 is realistic, since 5 or 6 of the games are against teams thinking about accruing lottery balls, not playoff berths. None of the opponents in the final ten games are as difficult as nine of the games in the first 11. The Cs should go into the playoffs on a high.

My prediction: Final record: 62-20. Best record in the NBA.

I don't care how tough a stretch the Celtics have, if they play "very well", they will never go 5-6 in 11 games. They're too good of a team to lose that consistently if they're playing well.

[LarryBrdismyDad]

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I don't care how tough a stretch the Celtics have, if they play "very well", they will never go 5-6 in 11 games. They're too good of a team to lose that consistently if they're playing well.

I agree 5-6 would be very disappointing. We have only lost 12 games out of 61 right now. I sure hope we don't lose 6 in 11 and I don't see that happening anyways.

[LarryBrdismyDad]

A Tale of Two Schedules


The Celtics remaining 21 games can be split into two convenient groups: The first eleven games include nine difficult games against high-quality opponents, five of which are on the road; the remaining ten games which are by comparison rather lightweight.

The first eleven:

Mon 10 @ Philadelphia
Wed 12 vs Seattle
Fri 14 vs Utah
Sat 15 @ Milwaukee
Mon 17 @ San Antonio
Tue 18 @ Houston
Thu 20 @ Dallas
Sat 22 @ New Orleans
Mon 24 vs Philadelphia
Wed 26 vs Phoenix
Fri 28 vs New Orleans


The final ten:

Sun 30 vs Miami
Tue 01 @ Chicago
Wed 02 vs Indiana
Sat 05 @ Charlotte
Tue 08 @ Milwaukee
Wed 09 @ Washington
Fri 11 vs Milwaukee
Sat 12 @ Atlanta
Mon 14 @ New York
Wed 16 vs New Jersey

The Cs are going to get a very good match over the next three weeks. This is an ideal heat check of just how well we are playing. Because we could play very well and still go 5-6. If we win more than 6 of these games it will be a very very positive sign going forward.

The last ten games are a gift from the Gods. The Cs should be able to work on their games and rack up wins. I think 8-2 is realistic, since 5 or 6 of the games are against teams thinking about accruing lottery balls, not playoff berths. None of the opponents in the final ten games are as difficult as nine of the games in the first 11. The Cs should go into the playoffs on a high.

My prediction: Final record: 62-20. Best record in the NBA.

Here's my prediction:
Mon 10 @ Philadelphia - Win
Wed 12 vs Seattle - Win
Fri 14 vs Utah - Win
Sat 15 @ Milwaukee - Win
Mon 17 @ San Antonio - Loss (Revenge Game)
Tue 18 @ Houston - Win
Thu 20 @ Dallas - Loss (Revenge Game)
Sat 22 @ New Orleans - Loss (Fatigue with 4th game in 6 days)
Mon 24 vs Philadelphia - Win
Wed 26 vs Phoenix - Win
Fri 28 vs New Orleans - Win
Sun 30 vs Miami - Win
Tue 01 @ Chicago - Win
Wed 02 vs Indiana - Win
Sat 05 @ Charlotte - Loss (They play us well)
Tue 08 @ Milwaukee - Win
Wed 09 @ Washington - Loss (They play us well)
Fri 11 vs Milwaukee - Win
Sat 12 @ Atlanta - Loss (Starters start getting rest)
Mon 14 @ New York - Win
Wed 16 vs New Jersey - Loss (Starters start getting rest)

Final Record: 63-19 Best record in the NBA

[UGA Hayes]

The one thing that worries me is that we take this uncoming part of the schedule too seriously and try to show how good we are and then sort of take the rest of the regular season easy. It wouldn't kill me if we did only ok or even dissapointing in the near term if in those final 10 "gimme" games we take no prisoners.

[CelticsWhat!]

The one thing that worries me is that we take this uncoming part of the schedule too seriously and try to show how good we are and then sort of take the rest of the regular season easy. It wouldn't kill me if we did only ok or even dissapointing in the near term if in those final 10 "gimme" games we take no prisoners.

Why should the team have to go all out and "take no prisoners" in the final 10 games?? If they can continue on the pace they've been on, they should be very close to clinching HCA throughout the playoffs. Whenever that happens, the #1 priority is to have everyone healthy and fresh for the playoffs. I'm not saying the starters should be shut down for the rest of the season, because it's not worth disrupting their flow. But they should have their minutes limited, and at that point wins and losses aren't the most important thing.

[Celtic Esquire]

I really don't care how many games we win or lose the rest of the season. Of course it would be nice to win as many as possible, but all I care about if advancing far in the playoffs.

The regular season doesn't mean jack squat to me if we can't advance past the first round ala Dallas. I really hope we use the remaining games to work on our rotations and get PJ and Sam into game shape.

[UGA Hayes]

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Why should the team have to go all out and "take no prisoners" in the final 10 games?? If they can continue on the pace they've been on, they should be very close to clinching HCA throughout the playoffs. Whenever that happens, the #1 priority is to have everyone healthy and fresh for the playoffs. I'm not saying the starters should be shut down for the rest of the season, because it's not worth disrupting their flow. But they should have their minutes limited, and at that point wins and losses aren't the most important thing.

^ Just like Dallas did last year. Just like all the NFL teams did this year.

[CelticsWhat!]

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^ Just like Dallas did last year. Just like all the NFL teams did this year.

Just like San Antonio did last year....

[theman]

Here's my prediction:
Mon 10 @ Philadelphia - Win
Wed 12 vs Seattle - Win
Fri 14 vs Utah - Win
Sat 15 @ Milwaukee - Win
Mon 17 @ San Antonio - Loss (Revenge Game)
Tue 18 @ Houston - Win
Thu 20 @ Dallas - Loss (Revenge Game)
Sat 22 @ New Orleans - Loss (Fatigue with 4th game in 6 days)
Mon 24 vs Philadelphia - Win
Wed 26 vs Phoenix - Win
Fri 28 vs New Orleans - Win
Sun 30 vs Miami - Win
Tue 01 @ Chicago - Win
Wed 02 vs Indiana - Win
Sat 05 @ Charlotte - Loss (They play us well)
Tue 08 @ Milwaukee - Win
Wed 09 @ Washington - Loss (They play us well)
Fri 11 vs Milwaukee - Win
Sat 12 @ Atlanta - Loss (Starters start getting rest)
Mon 14 @ New York - Win
Wed 16 vs New Jersey - Loss (Starters start getting rest)

Final Record: 63-19 Best record in the NBA

I think I would be dumb to do that. I know it is done all the time; I am not sure it is productive. I think if you are going to rest guys rest one against Miami, one against Chicago, one against Indiana. Then finish the season stron, go into the play offs with everyone hitting on all cylinders.

[chakdaddy]

I don't know if Philadelphia should count, I'd say 7 tough games out of 11. Philadelphia's surprisingly decent, but still...

[I love heinsohn]

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I think I would be dumb to do that. I know it is done all the time; I am not sure it is productive. I think if you are going to rest guys rest one against Miami, one against Chicago, one against Indiana. Then finish the season stron, go into the play offs with everyone hitting on all cylinders.

It is silly to worry about HOW they rest the starters. Right now, the C's are blowing teams out and the starters barely play in the 4th quarter.

They have 7 of the next 10 as really tough games. Win 3-4 of those tough ones, take all the gimmes and they get pretty damn close to clinching HCA throughout the playoffs.

Once that is accomplished, the way the starters are rested will depend on circumstances (maybe Pierce and Ray need a game or two off completely, while KG just needs limited minutes). The nice thing about clinching early would be the chance to rest guys the first week of April and then play those last few games hard w/hopefully blowouts after three quarters

[MalReyn]

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I think I would be dumb to do that. I know it is done all the time; I am not sure it is productive. I think if you are going to rest guys rest one against Miami, one against Chicago, one against Indiana. Then finish the season stron, go into the play offs with everyone hitting on all cylinders.

I'd agree that the starters shouldn't have any long inactive layoffs going into the playoffs, but if we have home court clinched by then, we shouldn't be playing them more than 20-25 minutes a game in the last few games of the season.

Enough to keep them sharp, not enough to make them tired.

[LarryBrdismyDad]

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I'd agree that the starters shouldn't have any long inactive layoffs going into the playoffs, but if we have home court clinched by then, we shouldn't be playing them more than 20-25 minutes a game in the last few games of the season.

Enough to keep them sharp, not enough to make them tired.

Thank you! That is what I meant by resting them. The starters shouldn't be getting like 35 minutes a night when we have homecurt advantage locked up. Lets just play them 20 to 25 minutes to keep them fresh. By that point of the season I won't care about the results of the games. I just want us to solidify our playoff rotation and get Sam Cassell and PJ Brown 100% acclimated to what we want to do on the offensive and defensive ends.