Next four games:

Mavericks on Wednesday
Bulls on Friday
Pacers on Saturday
OKC on Monday


Three of those games are at home, but I think the Celtics will be lucky to be at 6-6 after this stretch.  More likely 5-7.


Luckily, the schedule gets much easier after that.

Raptors
Suns
Wizards

Magic
Magic

Pacers

Cavs
Cavs

Raptors
Knicks
Grizzlies
Bobcats

That's a pretty soft schedule, relatively speaking, up until facing the Lakers on February 9th.  During that 12 game stretch, hopefully the Celtics can win at least 8, entering that matchup with the Lakers at least a few games over .500.