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Celtics have played more road games than anyone in the East
« on: December 09, 2016, 08:40:09 AM »

Offline Ed Hollison

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Well, technically they're tied with the Bulls in terms of road games, having played 13.

So in perspective, the Celtics have played 13 of their first 22 games on the road, are 8-5 in those games, and are still on pace for the same win total as last year (48) even after having Horford, Crowder, Smart, and Olynyk sit out multiple games.

In other words... this team has performed very well given the schedule and the circumstances.
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Re: Celtics have played more road games than anyone in the East
« Reply #1 on: December 09, 2016, 09:17:34 AM »

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Well, technically they're tied with the Bulls in terms of road games, having played 13.

So in perspective, the Celtics have played 13 of their first 22 games on the road, are 8-5 in those games, and are still on pace for the same win total as last year (48) even after having Horford, Crowder, Smart, and Olynyk sit out multiple games.

In other words... this team has performed very well given the schedule and the circumstances.

nice perspective... I agree with you 100%... because the start of the season has been little rocky I think some of us fans have lost sight of that. Horford is only 12 games into the season... theres along way to go... I see the Celtics having a nice 6-8 game win streak once we get a from 12/23 thru 1/11/17... there a nice stretch of home games there

Re: Celtics have played more road games than anyone in the East
« Reply #2 on: December 09, 2016, 09:21:01 AM »

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To be fair, those road games only include 3 teams from the West - New Orleans, Minnesota, and Houston and also include Brooklyn, Philadelphia, Washington, and Orlando from the East. 
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Re: Celtics have played more road games than anyone in the East
« Reply #3 on: December 09, 2016, 09:55:35 AM »

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Well, technically they're tied with the Bulls in terms of road games, having played 13.

So in perspective, the Celtics have played 13 of their first 22 games on the road, are 8-5 in those games, and are still on pace for the same win total as last year (48) even after having Horford, Crowder, Smart, and Olynyk sit out multiple games.

In other words... this team has performed very well given the schedule and the circumstances.

I made this point a couple of weeks ago. Something like 60% of the Cs games from mid-December on are at home. They have a six game home stand and two 4 game home stands during that time.

It's an interesting schedule.

The schedule is very favorable in January, with 14 out of 18 games at home from December 30th through February 5th. Beyond two games with Toronto (1 home, 1 away) and a home game against the Clips, the schedule looks to be fairly easy. They'll be favored in most of those games, if not all but one (@ Toronto).

Then they have one brutal stretch on the road from Feb 8th - March 10th where 12 out of 15 games (including @ Toronto, GSW, LAC, Portland, Utah, Chicago, etc.) are on the road. They'll probably be lucky to go .500 during that span.

Beyond that they're generally going to be at home after that stretch. The last 16 games of the season look very juicy (perhaps the only game they won't be favored in is the home game against Cleveland) with 11 of those at home.

So expect this board to be all sunshine and daisies in January, doom-and-gloom in February and a shiny happy place in March.
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« Reply #4 on: December 09, 2016, 10:31:03 AM »

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Well, technically they're tied with the Bulls in terms of road games, having played 13.

So in perspective, the Celtics have played 13 of their first 22 games on the road, are 8-5 in those games, and are still on pace for the same win total as last year (48) even after having Horford, Crowder, Smart, and Olynyk sit out multiple games.

In other words... this team has performed very well given the schedule and the circumstances.

I made this point a couple of weeks ago. Something like 60% of the Cs games from mid-December on are at home. They have a six game home stand and two 4 game home stands during that time.

It's an interesting schedule.

The schedule is very favorable in January, with 14 out of 18 games at home from December 30th through February 5th. Beyond two games with Toronto (1 home, 1 away) and a home game against the Clips, the schedule looks to be fairly easy. They'll be favored in most of those games, if not all but one (@ Toronto).

Then they have one brutal stretch on the road from Feb 8th - March 10th where 12 out of 15 games (including @ Toronto, GSW, LAC, Portland, Utah, Chicago, etc.) are on the road. They'll probably be lucky to go .500 during that span.

Beyond that they're generally going to be at home after that stretch. The last 16 games of the season look very juicy (perhaps the only game they won't be favored in is the home game against Cleveland) with 11 of those at home.

So expect this board to be all sunshine and daisies in January, doom-and-gloom in February and a shiny happy place in March.

They're 9-3 with Horford and 8-5 on the road. 2nd or 3rd best in the East and a decent gap between Toronto and the Cs and #4, whoever that is in the East.

Re: Celtics have played more road games than anyone in the East
« Reply #5 on: December 09, 2016, 11:51:04 AM »

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This team still needs to fully click. It's getting there though. Brad's rotations are always weird until probably around late Dec./Early January. I was originally on board with the whole starting Smart thing, then I watched an interview with Scal and Draper where they explained how they DEFER to IT too much and can still play their game with him in the lineups. IMO, this stretch of games without IT will be good for the Celtics because it'll make guys like Rozier/Smart/Brown more comfortable in their own games and help them realize their roles once IT comes back. Personally, we could be very scary if this is figured out in the next few weeks/when IT is back.

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« Reply #6 on: December 09, 2016, 11:51:14 AM »

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To be fair, those road games only include 3 teams from the West - New Orleans, Minnesota, and Houston and also include Brooklyn, Philadelphia, Washington, and Orlando from the East.

Yep.  I believe we're currently 28th in strength of schedule.

Re: Celtics have played more road games than anyone in the East
« Reply #7 on: December 09, 2016, 12:01:29 PM »

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Well, technically they're tied with the Bulls in terms of road games, having played 13.

So in perspective, the Celtics have played 13 of their first 22 games on the road, are 8-5 in those games, and are still on pace for the same win total as last year (48) even after having Horford, Crowder, Smart, and Olynyk sit out multiple games.

In other words... this team has performed very well given the schedule and the circumstances.

I made this point a couple of weeks ago. Something like 60% of the Cs games from mid-December on are at home. They have a six game home stand and two 4 game home stands during that time.

It's an interesting schedule.

The schedule is very favorable in January, with 14 out of 18 games at home from December 30th through February 5th. Beyond two games with Toronto (1 home, 1 away) and a home game against the Clips, the schedule looks to be fairly easy. They'll be favored in most of those games, if not all but one (@ Toronto).

Then they have one brutal stretch on the road from Feb 8th - March 10th where 12 out of 15 games (including @ Toronto, GSW, LAC, Portland, Utah, Chicago, etc.) are on the road. They'll probably be lucky to go .500 during that span.

Beyond that they're generally going to be at home after that stretch. The last 16 games of the season look very juicy (perhaps the only game they won't be favored in is the home game against Cleveland) with 11 of those at home.

So expect this board to be all sunshine and daisies in January, doom-and-gloom in February and a shiny happy place in March.

They're 9-3 with Horford and 8-5 on the road. 2nd or 3rd best in the East and a decent gap between Toronto and the Cs and #4, whoever that is in the East.
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