Celtics Regular Season Thread 2026-27

[Goldstar88]

Good teams are suppose to beat bad teams...looking forward to the Philly game.

Yeah.  They're also supposed to beat good teams, which we haven't seen yet.  Hopefully we do soon.

BOS beat NYK and lost to DET and HOU.  HOU was on the road, in a back to back, without PG.  They kind of conceded that one.  DET was a very strange loss.  NYK is off to a slow start so that win may not be representative.

BOS may go 0.500 or worse vs the true contending teams.  But that is likely going to be true for many of the contending teams.  This game in PHI is a good test.  BOS is actually favored by 1.5 pts, which I find surprising, while ESPN Analytics gives PHI a 51.9% probability to win.  I would expect PHI to be favored at home.

that seems ridiculous that the C's are favored in Philly.  Is Philly sitting all their starters except JB or something?

They have insider info we don't?

that's what I'm wondering.  what is it that they know that would explain that betting line?

Maybe the Celtics are a better team when fully healthy...

if they had beaten anyone of note, maybe.  I wouldn't agree with it but I'm not the one making money on the odds.

Yeah, if they had beaten the defending champ Knicks or something..

[slamtheking]

Good teams are suppose to beat bad teams...looking forward to the Philly game.

Yeah.  They're also supposed to beat good teams, which we haven't seen yet.  Hopefully we do soon.

BOS beat NYK and lost to DET and HOU.  HOU was on the road, in a back to back, without PG.  They kind of conceded that one.  DET was a very strange loss.  NYK is off to a slow start so that win may not be representative.

BOS may go 0.500 or worse vs the true contending teams.  But that is likely going to be true for many of the contending teams.  This game in PHI is a good test.  BOS is actually favored by 1.5 pts, which I find surprising, while ESPN Analytics gives PHI a 51.9% probability to win.  I would expect PHI to be favored at home.

that seems ridiculous that the C's are favored in Philly.  Is Philly sitting all their starters except JB or something?

They have insider info we don't?

that's what I'm wondering.  what is it that they know that would explain that betting line?

Maybe the Celtics are a better team when fully healthy...

if they had beaten anyone of note, maybe.  I wouldn't agree with it but I'm not the one making money on the odds.

Yeah, if they had beaten the defending champ Knicks or something..

yeah, if that defending champ was playing like one or something

[Goldstar88]

Good teams are suppose to beat bad teams...looking forward to the Philly game.

Yeah.  They're also supposed to beat good teams, which we haven't seen yet.  Hopefully we do soon.

BOS beat NYK and lost to DET and HOU.  HOU was on the road, in a back to back, without PG.  They kind of conceded that one.  DET was a very strange loss.  NYK is off to a slow start so that win may not be representative.

BOS may go 0.500 or worse vs the true contending teams.  But that is likely going to be true for many of the contending teams.  This game in PHI is a good test.  BOS is actually favored by 1.5 pts, which I find surprising, while ESPN Analytics gives PHI a 51.9% probability to win.  I would expect PHI to be favored at home.

that seems ridiculous that the C's are favored in Philly.  Is Philly sitting all their starters except JB or something?

They have insider info we don't?

that's what I'm wondering.  what is it that they know that would explain that betting line?

Maybe the Celtics are a better team when fully healthy...

if they had beaten anyone of note, maybe.  I wouldn't agree with it but I'm not the one making money on the odds.

Yeah, if they had beaten the defending champ Knicks or something..

yeah, if that defending champ was playing like one or something

Maybe the Celtics defense had something to do with that. Or something..

[LatterDayCelticsfan]

Refs forgot PG13 was traded and gave him a call! 

He's gone rated R per the comms

[slamtheking]

Good teams are suppose to beat bad teams...looking forward to the Philly game.

Yeah.  They're also supposed to beat good teams, which we haven't seen yet.  Hopefully we do soon.

BOS beat NYK and lost to DET and HOU.  HOU was on the road, in a back to back, without PG.  They kind of conceded that one.  DET was a very strange loss.  NYK is off to a slow start so that win may not be representative.

BOS may go 0.500 or worse vs the true contending teams.  But that is likely going to be true for many of the contending teams.  This game in PHI is a good test.  BOS is actually favored by 1.5 pts, which I find surprising, while ESPN Analytics gives PHI a 51.9% probability to win.  I would expect PHI to be favored at home.

that seems ridiculous that the C's are favored in Philly.  Is Philly sitting all their starters except JB or something?

They have insider info we don't?

that's what I'm wondering.  what is it that they know that would explain that betting line?

Maybe the Celtics are a better team when fully healthy...

if they had beaten anyone of note, maybe.  I wouldn't agree with it but I'm not the one making money on the odds.

Yeah, if they had beaten the defending champ Knicks or something..

yeah, if that defending champ was playing like one or something

Maybe the Celtics defense had something to do with that. Or something..

doubt it considering the Knicks haven't played like defending champs this season and the C's defense wasn't responsible for any of their other losses

[Goldstar88]

PG13>JB

[DefenseWinsChamps]

PG13>JB

Confirmed.

[Boston Garden Leprechaun]

[DefenseWinsChamps]

I love the way Paul George is playing, but I admit it is probably not sustainable.

He is averaging his most points per 36 minutes since his MVP candidate season in OKC. 2nd most of his career.

He is averaging his most steals per 36 minutes in his career.

He is averaging his best FG% and 3FG% in his career.

Only 30 minutes per game is pretty awesome. Coaching staff is doing a great job managing his minutes and health.

Those numbers probably don't continue. I think it's likely he comes down to earth by mid-season, but I hope by that point that Hugo, Baylor, and Walsh take a step forward for him.

[Boston Garden Leprechaun]

exactly my concern. how many past 36 keep these numbers up?

plus he is injury riddled. brad may have to move him next year at the latest.

[Jiri Welsch]

exactly my concern. how many past 36 keep these numbers up?

plus he is injury riddled. brad may have to move him next year at the latest.

They're building their chemistry right now, and it's fun to watch. But it will get to a point soon where they need to start resting him on more than back-to-backs. Especially if they want to have him last 100 games this year.

[Goldstar88]

I love the way Paul George is playing, but I admit it is probably not sustainable.

He is averaging his most points per 36 minutes since his MVP candidate season in OKC. 2nd most of his career.

He is averaging his most steals per 36 minutes in his career.

He is averaging his best FG% and 3FG% in his career.

Only 30 minutes per game is pretty awesome. Coaching staff is doing a great job managing his minutes and health.

Those numbers probably don't continue. I think it's likely he comes down to earth by mid-season, but I hope by that point that Hugo, Baylor, and Walsh take a step forward for him.

If they are managing PG13s minutes to keep him fresh, why wouldn?t he be able to maintain 22pts/5rebs/4ast? KD is still putting up Similar numbers at 38 years old.

[Phantom255x]

I love the way Paul George is playing, but I admit it is probably not sustainable.

He is averaging his most points per 36 minutes since his MVP candidate season in OKC. 2nd most of his career.

He is averaging his most steals per 36 minutes in his career.

He is averaging his best FG% and 3FG% in his career.

Only 30 minutes per game is pretty awesome. Coaching staff is doing a great job managing his minutes and health.

Those numbers probably don't continue. I think it's likely he comes down to earth by mid-season, but I hope by that point that Hugo, Baylor, and Walsh take a step forward for him.

It's not sustainable, but even if he can stay a consistent 17/5/4+ kind of player with above average defense, I'll take it. They'll certainly have to manage him too, he shouldn't be playing more than 55-60 games in the regular season.

Besides his stats/scoring, the bigger thing to me is his defense. We were on the other side of it last spring in the playoffs but I didn't realize George still had it on the defensive end, and at times he looks elite which is crazy

[LilRip]

While not sustainable (he will eventually come back down to earth), I dont think the drop off will be as big as some of you are anticipating. The Celtics look like they play a brand of offense that is relatively less strenuous. Sure, it drives a bunch of us crazy, but this jumpshot-happy offense + post-offense + depth is going to help in keeping the team fresh