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Re: Celtics Playoff Seeding Thread
« Reply #150 on: October 27, 2016, 10:14:46 AM »

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Tied for the 1 seed yo!!  ;D

Re: Celtics Playoff Seeding Thread
« Reply #151 on: January 04, 2017, 06:40:53 PM »

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I see the title has changed ... is this now the thread for the 2016-17 season?  ???


Re: Celtics Playoff Seeding Thread
« Reply #152 on: January 29, 2017, 09:39:00 PM »

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We are now 2nd (28-19).

If playoffs started today we would play Bulls (24-25)

Personally, I doubt Bulls make the playoffs, but they would make a good first round opponent.

Re: Celtics Playoff Seeding Thread
« Reply #153 on: February 25, 2017, 11:06:45 AM »

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rather play wiz or raptors in second round? ,aka,  who would we rather play cavs?

Re: Celtics Playoff Seeding Thread
« Reply #154 on: February 26, 2017, 07:35:11 PM »

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Well, it looks like it's about time to start this thread back up! I'll get a more detailed post going started tomorrow and start updating it daily.

But anyways, some big games tonight for playoff seedings:

Celtics up 54-50 on Pistons at the half;

Utah just beat Washington in Washington, which is big;

and Portland is in a dogfight with Toronto in Toronto.

Ideally, we win tonight and both Washington and Toronto lose, which would put us 3 games up on Washington (4 wins, 2 losses) and 4 full games up on Toronto.

Hopefully Portland can pull off the win in Toronto, along with us finishing things right in Detroit.

Re: Celtics Playoff Seeding Thread
« Reply #155 on: February 26, 2017, 07:45:50 PM »

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Well, it looks like it's about time to start this thread back up! I'll get a more detailed post going started tomorrow and start updating it daily.

But anyways, some big games tonight for playoff seedings:

Celtics up 54-50 on Pistons at the half;

Utah just beat Washington in Washington, which is big;

and Portland is in a dogfight with Toronto in Toronto.

Ideally, we win tonight and both Washington and Toronto lose, which would put us 3 games up on Washington (4 wins, 2 losses) and 4 full games up on Toronto.

Hopefully Portland can pull off the win in Toronto, along with us finishing things right in Detroit.

ATL aren't a big threat now, but still technically just 5 back of us.

Beat them tomorrow and even more separation as we head into a battle against CLE on Wed.
"Tough times never last, but tough people do." - Robert H. Schuller

Re: Celtics Playoff Seeding Thread
« Reply #156 on: February 27, 2017, 05:19:01 PM »

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It's that time again! I'm going to start updating our playoffs seeding outlook everyday until the playoffs. This year, there's a TON of variability in who we might end up playing in the first round. Here's the current standings:

    Team            Record  Games Back

1. Cleveland     40-17    0
2. Boston         38-21    3
3. Washington  34-23    6
4. Toronto        35-24    6
5. Atlanta         32-26    8.5
6. Chicago        30-29    11
7. Indiana         30-29    11
8. Detroit         28-31    13
9. Miami           27-32    14
10. Milwaukee   26-31    14

Remaining Schedules -

Boston:

vs. Atlanta
vs. Cleveland
@   LAL
@   Phoenix (B2B)
@   LAC (B2B)
@   Golden State
@   Denver
vs. Chicago
vs. Minnesota
@   Brooklyn
@   Philadelphia (B2B)
vs. Washington (B2B)
vs. Indiana
vs. Phoenix
vs. Miami
vs. Milwaukee
vs. Orlando
@   New York
vs. Cleveland (B2B)
@   Atlanta (B2B)
@   Charlotte
vs. Brooklyn
vs. Milwaukee

So other than that West Coast trip with games against the Clippers, Warriors, and Denver and our two games against Cleveland at home, we have a rather easy schedule the rest of the way, including a 6 game home stretch toward the end of the year that we should sweep, along with ending 9 of our last 12 games at home and 13 of our final 23 at home with only 10 of those 23 against current playoff teams.

Catching up to the Cavs might actually be possible, because they have a rather difficult schedule the rest of the way. Highlights:

16 of their remaining 25 games are against current playoff teams, including 8 games against the Celtics (x2), Rockets, Jazz, Clippers, Spurs, Wizards, and Raptors, along with 3 more games against the Hawks;
What's more, 15 of their remaining 25 games are on the road, so as long as we play good ball there's a good chance that we can catch them with their difficult schedule and injuries and the fact that we play them twice at home.


Washington has a pretty rough schedule the rest of the way, so don't be surprised to see them fall. Highlights:

12 of their remaining 25 against current playoff teams, including 8 against the Warriors (x2), Jazz, Clippers, Cavs, Celtics, and Raptors (x2).
But a whopping 16 of their remaining 25 games are on the road, which is major.


The Raptors have an easier schedule than the Wizards, but with Lowry's injury, they shouldn't challenge us for the 2 seed. Highlights:

11 of their remaining 23 games are against current playoff teams, including 3 against Washington and the Cavs.
13 of their remaining 23 games are on the road.

The Hawks also have a decently tough schedule the rest of the way, so don't be surprised to see them battle with Washington for the 4 seed. Highlights:

14 of their remaining 24 games are against current playoff teams, including 11 against the Celtics (x2), Cavs (x3), Wizards, Memphis (x2), Spurs, Raptors, and Warriors.
11 of their remaining 24 games are on the road.


Ultimately, unless Lowry's injury really hurts the Raptors, they should take over the 3 seed pretty easily with Washington and Atlanta having significantly more difficult schedules the rest of the way.

Where it gets really interesting is our potential first round matchup:

Right now we're matched up with Indiana, but they're ultimately in danger of falling out of the playoffs with how tough their schedule is the rest of the way. Highlights:

Just started a 5 game road trip with a L to Miami followed by the Rockets, Spurs, Hawks, and Hornets;
13 of their remaining 23 games are against current playoff teams, including 8 against the Celtics, Cavs, Raptors, Rockets, and Spurs;
13 of their remaining 23 games are on the road.


The Bulls are in a bit better shape going forward, though it still remains to be seen how much losing Gibson will hurt them, and they still have a pretty tough schedule. Highlights:

13 of their remaining 23 games are against current playoff teams, including 9 against the Celtics, Cavs, Raptors, Rockets, Clippers, Grizzlies, Wizards, Jazz, and Warriors;
11 of their remaining 23 games are on the road;
They end with a soft schedule with their final 6 games against NO, New York, Philadelphia, Brooklyn (x2), and Orlando.


The Pistons are also in a bit better shape going forward. Highlights:

11 of their remaining 23 games are against current playoff teams, including 8 against the Celtics, Cavs, Raptors, Jazz, Rockets, Grizzlies, and Wizards;
12 of their remaining 23 games are on the road.


The Heat have a difficult schedule coming up, as well. Highlights:

12 of their remaining 23 games are against current playoff teams, including 9 against the Celtics, Raptors (x3), Cavs (x3), and Wizards (x2).
But only 10 of their remaining 23 games are on the road.


Finally, the Bucks have a really difficult schedule coming up, as well. Highlights:

15 of their remaining 25 games are against current playoff teams, including 8 against the Celtics (x2), Clippers, Warriors, Grizzlies, Raptors, and Cavs.
Further, 14 of their remaining 25 games are on the road.


So it looks doubtful that the Bucks could ultimately climb into the playoffs, but the Heat could very well do so, meaning we will more than likely play one of the Pacers (2-0), Bulls (1-2), Pistons (3-1), or Heat (3-0), depending upon injuries and who actually plays well the rest of the way. The Heat and the Pacers are probably our best matchups, but we should ultimately beat the Pistons and the Bulls in a 7 game series, especially with the Bulls losing Gibson, who always seemed to kill us on the boards.

Several relevant games tonight for our seeding:

Toronto at New York

Milwaukee at Cleveland

Atlanta at Boston

Miami at Dallas

Indiana at Houston
« Last Edit: February 27, 2017, 05:44:43 PM by jpotter33 »

Re: Celtics Playoff Seeding Thread
« Reply #157 on: February 27, 2017, 05:22:01 PM »

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JPotter, why do you not include a section about the Cavs?  We are as likely to catch them in the standings as we are to fall back to 4, if not likelier.

Re: Celtics Playoff Seeding Thread
« Reply #158 on: February 27, 2017, 05:46:06 PM »

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JPotter, why do you not include a section about the Cavs?  We are as likely to catch them in the standings as we are to fall back to 4, if not likelier.

Fixed it. Meant to put them on there, but they got lost in the mix and left off.

They have a pretty difficult schedule the rest of the way, too, so it's very possible that we catch them if we play good ball and stay healthy, especially with Lebron's tendency to prioritize rest over seeding.

Re: Celtics Playoff Seeding Thread
« Reply #159 on: February 27, 2017, 05:50:19 PM »

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JPotter, why do you not include a section about the Cavs?  We are as likely to catch them in the standings as we are to fall back to 4, if not likelier.

Fixed it. Meant to put them on there, but they got lost in the mix and left off.

They have a pretty difficult schedule the rest of the way, too, so it's very possible that we catch them if we play good ball and stay healthy, especially with Lebron's tendency to prioritize rest over seeding.

TP for the effort into putting that together.

Re: Celtics Playoff Seeding Thread
« Reply #160 on: February 27, 2017, 06:22:36 PM »

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Do we want the #1 seed if it means facing a healthy Kyle Lowry in the 2nd round?

Re: Celtics Playoff Seeding Thread
« Reply #161 on: February 27, 2017, 06:23:40 PM »

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JPotter, why do you not include a section about the Cavs?  We are as likely to catch them in the standings as we are to fall back to 4, if not likelier.

Fixed it. Meant to put them on there, but they got lost in the mix and left off.

They have a pretty difficult schedule the rest of the way, too, so it's very possible that we catch them if we play good ball and stay healthy, especially with Lebron's tendency to prioritize rest over seeding.

TP for the effort into putting that together.

Yeah - definite TP. It is much better to just click on a thread than to compile all of the standings and ramifications on my own. Thanks!

Re: Celtics Playoff Seeding Thread
« Reply #162 on: February 27, 2017, 06:26:17 PM »

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Excellent job jpotter33, TP

Hope this thread now becomes a place for good conversation like last year.

Re: Celtics Playoff Seeding Thread
« Reply #163 on: February 27, 2017, 06:39:01 PM »

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Great post.... TP!!!

Re: Celtics Playoff Seeding Thread
« Reply #164 on: February 28, 2017, 01:18:20 AM »

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lowry out until playoffs.

i doubt raps will stay for long in the second seed contention.