I picked 10 because in looking at the standings today, I realized that the Celtics are the only lower-rung team that had a good L10 record. Those 10 games are:
Wins: CHA, NYK, @PHO, ATL, PHI, DEN, @NYK
Losses: @LAL, @SAC, @MIL
The LAL and SAC losses were right at the trade deadline. We were very short handed in SAC and LAL was Thomas' first game. The ATL win was the last game before the all star break and ATL certainly did not roll out their best game (I think they played everyone though).
All in all, a pretty light schedule but the Celtics did play pretty well considering the trades, injuries, etc.
Next 10 games are:
GSW, @CLE, UTA, @NOP, @ORL, @MIA, MEM, ORL, @IND, PHI
That is a tougher stretch. My guess we lose to GSW, CLE, NOP, AND MEM, and then split the rest and go 3-7? (maybe 4-6)? If we go 3-7, that would be 10-10 over the 20 games, still not bad for this team.