I don't know where people are getting this from. This is the Celtics roster as of right now - mostly Rookies, role players, young players, with horrid interior defense and below average rebounding, and on top of that no consistent crunch time scorer. Roster like that in the NBA don't come anywhere close to .500 or the playoffs. It's got 50 losses written all over it. People are asking WAY too much of said rookies / young payers / role players, it doesn't work that way in the NBA, it just doesn't. This year will be just like last - competitive, play hard , but lose lots of games in the 4th quarter. How much is better? 5 more wins, ok so we go 32-50, I guess that's better. It's the way the roster is constructed. I actually except us to have leads on many a night, again, only to lose it in the 4th qtr.