I think if you factor in the Celtics schedule, going 8-4 might be more impressive than people realize. Food for thought, from November 4th - November 24th:
- Celtics played 12 games in those 20 days. More than anyone else in the NBA. This means that the Celtics played a game very other day, with 2 B2B’s thrown in, (one of the B2B’s being on the road)
- 8 of those 12 games were on the road. Tied for the most road games of any team in that timespan
- 6 of those 12 games came against opponents who are top 10 in NertRtg in that timespan
3 of our 4 losses have come on the road against top defenses and 3 of our 4 losses were by a combined 3 points in regulation. We went 4-4 on the road and undefeated at home. We only lost 1 game with our starters, which was a 3 point loss where the starters were a +16 in 15 minutes.
Obviously you wish they won more, heck even just one of those overtime games would have been great. But given the context of the schedule, a 54-win pace kind of seems impressive.
TL;DR: Celtics just ran a gauntlet and coming out 8-4 is probably more impressive than you would think given the schedule.
8-4 Isn’t Terrible When You Look At The Schedule
I’d argue 8-4 isn’t terrible full stop.
It’s a 55-win pace and probably pretty close to where we finish up for the season.
yea there’s definitely a part of me that’s being facetious here
i would argue that we are doing pretty good all things considered
Whatever, I think most of us are just expecting more losses because of the KP injury. What already happened is out of our control.