35 is still my magic number.

[Celtics18]

Now that Rondo looks to be starting to regain his form, I think 18 and 14 is within the realm of possibility over the final 32 games.

Go Celtics!

[manl_lui]

I believe I also said this team is around 35-40 win team before the season started.

Right now I am cutting back between 25-30.

[PhoSita]

Well, the team only has 11 games remaining against the West, so that obviously works in their favor.

Let's assume a 4-7 record in those games.

That leaves 21 games against the East remaining, including 1 game against Miami and two games against Indiana, meaning only 3 of those games are virtually guaranteed losses.

The team would need to go 14-4 in all of the other games to meet your prediction, however. 

The East is weak, but Detroit, Atlanta, Chicago, Toronto, and Brooklyn all play the Celtics twice more this year, and those teams are fighting for playoff position.


I'm going to give the team some credit and assume 8-10 in those 18 Eastern Conference games.  All told, that's a 12-20 record over the remainder of the season, with a final win total of 29.

[Celtics18]

Well, the team only has 11 games remaining against the West, so that obviously works in their favor.

Let's assume a 4-7 record in those games.

That leaves 21 games against the East remaining, including 1 game against Miami and two games against Indiana, meaning only 3 of those games are virtually guaranteed losses.

The team would need to go 14-4 in all of the other games to meet your prediction, however. 

The East is weak, but Detroit, Atlanta, Chicago, Toronto, and Brooklyn all play the Celtics twice more this year, and those teams are fighting for playoff position.


I'm going to give the team some credit and assume 8-10 in those 18 Eastern Conference games.  All told, that's a 12-20 record over the remainder of the season, with a final win total of 29.

Those 11 game against Western conference teams aren't exactly against heavyweights.  We've got the Kings twice, the Lakers, the Jazz, the Pelicans, Mavs twice, the Suns twice, and one each against the Warriors and the Spurs.

I say those games could be 7 and 4.

10 and 8 against the non-heavyweight Eastern teams.

Steal one against the Pacers or the Heat.

Bam!  35 wins!

[Quetzalcoatl]

It's heartening to see that we're almost a real team with Rondo playing.  If we can somehow add one of the big 4 (Embiid/Wiggins/Jabari/Exum) to our current core and free up some cap space, we won't be hopeless for long.  Let's just hope we don't get 30 wins

[PhoSita]

Well, the team only has 11 games remaining against the West, so that obviously works in their favor.

Let's assume a 4-7 record in those games.

That leaves 21 games against the East remaining, including 1 game against Miami and two games against Indiana, meaning only 3 of those games are virtually guaranteed losses.

The team would need to go 14-4 in all of the other games to meet your prediction, however. 

The East is weak, but Detroit, Atlanta, Chicago, Toronto, and Brooklyn all play the Celtics twice more this year, and those teams are fighting for playoff position.


I'm going to give the team some credit and assume 8-10 in those 18 Eastern Conference games.  All told, that's a 12-20 record over the remainder of the season, with a final win total of 29.

Those 11 game against Western conference teams aren't exactly against heavyweights.  We've got the Kings twice, the Lakers, the Jazz, the Pelicans, Mavs twice, the Suns twice, and one each against the Warriors and the Spurs.

I say those games could be 7 and 4.

10 and 8 against the non-heavyweight Eastern teams.

Steal one against the Pacers or the Heat.

Bam!  35 wins!

I'll give you this -- if everything goes right for the team and Danny doesn't ship off any of the current contributors for future considerations over the next couple of weeks, that could happen.

Reaching 35 wins would be quite an accomplishment for this team.  But I wont' pretend that reaching the playoffs with that win total would make me happy at all.  Hopefully the current top 8 teams have now gotten their stuff together and will finish closer to 40 wins so we don't have to worry.

[BballTim]

Well, the team only has 11 games remaining against the West, so that obviously works in their favor.

Let's assume a 4-7 record in those games.

That leaves 21 games against the East remaining, including 1 game against Miami and two games against Indiana, meaning only 3 of those games are virtually guaranteed losses.

The team would need to go 14-4 in all of the other games to meet your prediction, however. 

The East is weak, but Detroit, Atlanta, Chicago, Toronto, and Brooklyn all play the Celtics twice more this year, and those teams are fighting for playoff position.


I'm going to give the team some credit and assume 8-10 in those 18 Eastern Conference games.  All told, that's a 12-20 record over the remainder of the season, with a final win total of 29.

Those 11 game against Western conference teams aren't exactly against heavyweights.  We've got the Kings twice, the Lakers, the Jazz, the Pelicans, Mavs twice, the Suns twice, and one each against the Warriors and the Spurs.

I say those games could be 7 and 4.

10 and 8 against the non-heavyweight Eastern teams.

Steal one against the Pacers or the Heat.

Bam!  35 wins!

I'll give you this -- if everything goes right for the team and Danny doesn't ship off any of the current contributors for future considerations over the next couple of weeks, that could happen.

Reaching 35 wins would be quite an accomplishment for this team.  But I wont' pretend that reaching the playoffs with that win total would make me happy at all.  Hopefully the current top 8 teams have now gotten their stuff together and will finish closer to 40 wins so we don't have to worry.

  Right now all of the east playoff teams are .500 or better in their last 10 games, none of the lottery teams are. Things change, but there's some settling going on.

[Celtics18]

Well, the team only has 11 games remaining against the West, so that obviously works in their favor.

Let's assume a 4-7 record in those games.

That leaves 21 games against the East remaining, including 1 game against Miami and two games against Indiana, meaning only 3 of those games are virtually guaranteed losses.

The team would need to go 14-4 in all of the other games to meet your prediction, however. 

The East is weak, but Detroit, Atlanta, Chicago, Toronto, and Brooklyn all play the Celtics twice more this year, and those teams are fighting for playoff position.


I'm going to give the team some credit and assume 8-10 in those 18 Eastern Conference games.  All told, that's a 12-20 record over the remainder of the season, with a final win total of 29.

Those 11 game against Western conference teams aren't exactly against heavyweights.  We've got the Kings twice, the Lakers, the Jazz, the Pelicans, Mavs twice, the Suns twice, and one each against the Warriors and the Spurs.

I say those games could be 7 and 4.

10 and 8 against the non-heavyweight Eastern teams.

Steal one against the Pacers or the Heat.

Bam!  35 wins!

I'll give you this -- if everything goes right for the team and Danny doesn't ship off any of the current contributors for future considerations over the next couple of weeks, that could happen.

Reaching 35 wins would be quite an accomplishment for this team.  But I wont' pretend that reaching the playoffs with that win total would make me happy at all.  Hopefully the current top 8 teams have now gotten their stuff together and will finish closer to 40 wins so we don't have to worry.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3-eavMSBnk

Playoffs??!!!!

[PhoSita]

Currently the 8th seeded team in the East -- Charlotte -- has a .440 winning percentage, which projects to 36 wins over a full season.

[Celtics18]

Currently the 8th seeded team in the East -- Charlotte -- has a .440 winning percentage, which projects to 36 wins over a full season.

That means that if we can get to 35 wins and they maintain their current pace that we'll just miss out on the playoffs and have a slightly less than 2% chance at a top three pick. 

Thank you, Adam Silver.  Start your legacy off right, and set the rest of the league's fans to screaming it's a grand conspiracy for the Celtics. 

[2short]

Thought this was Reggie Lewis related.  But maybe #35 can work some magic for us.

[LarBrd33]

Now that Rondo looks to be starting to regain his form, I think 18 and 14 is within the realm of possibility over the final 32 games.

Go Celtics!

Yeah.  That seems to be what our ceiling has been with a healthy Rondo. 

I'd be more comfortable if we made the playoffs after making some impact trades.  I still hate the idea of making the playoffs with the 8th seed this year and a below .500 record.  Worst-case scenario.