With a weaker Eastern Conference, could the Celtics win 60+ games this season??

[johnnygreen]

A lot has happened since this thread was started. Due to their great start, the Celtics only have to go 38-18 to get to 60 wins now. That is unbelievable.

[PhoSita]

I lot has happened since this thread was started. Due to their great start, the Celtics only have to go 38-18 to get to 60 wins now. That is unbelievable.

That's still a 55 win pace, so it's not as though it's a trivial thing to do.

[konkmv]

The East is not as weak as many expected... nets knicks pacers  and pistons are better than advertised... for now anyway

[hwangjini_1]

the celtics are 6-2 since the streak ended. projecting that silly small sample size over the rest of the season it would give them 42 more wins. that is a total, for those keeping score at home, of 64 wins.

if they finish the rest of the season at a 59% win rate, they finish with 55 wins. not an outrageous winning percentage.

it will be an interesting ride this year. 6 minutes into game one of the season who would have predicted 22 and 4 as a record for this team?

[smokeablount]

Right now, the pie in the sky question about wins is asking if they can reach 70, not 60. I know the streak skews things but I think based on their current record that they’re on pace for 69+.

[Monkhouse]

the celtics are 6-2 since the streak ended. projecting that silly small sample size over the rest of the season it would give them 42 more wins. that is a total, for those keeping score at home, of 64 wins.

if they finish the rest of the season at a 59% win rate, they finish with 55 wins. not an outrageous winning percentage.

it will be an interesting ride this year. 6 minutes into game one of the season who would have predicted 22 and 4 as a record for this team?

Absolutely no one, and whoever thought we would go on above 10+ winning streak is lying like !@#$ 

[ThePaintedArea]

I lot has happened since this thread was started. Due to their great start, the Celtics only have to go 38-18 to get to 60 wins now. That is unbelievable.

That's still a 55 win pace, so it's not as though it's a trivial thing to do.

Good point, keeping it in perspective.

On the other side, going .500 for the rest of the season would net 50 wins. 54 would mean five straight years of increased wins.

[droopdog7]

Can we win 60?  Hell, we're GOING to win 60.

[iadera]

I'd rather we save some wins for the playoffs.

[kozlodoev]

Can we win 60?  Hell, we're GOING to win 60.

To me, this looks like a team  that will win 60 games without overachieving massively.

[Moranis]

Can we win 60?  Hell, we're GOING to win 60.

To me, this looks like a team  that will win 60 games without overachieving massively.

Pretty easy schedule thus far and pretty strong health from the now top 5 (i.e. Kyrie, Al, Jaylen, Jayson, and Marcus).  60 is certainly obtainable, but I'd put the odds at more like 57 wins at this point in the season.

[smokeablount]

Can we win 60?  Hell, we're GOING to win 60.

To me, this looks like a team  that will win 60 games without overachieving massively.

Pretty easy schedule thus far and pretty strong health from the now top 5 (i.e. Kyrie, Al, Jaylen, Jayson, and Marcus).  60 is certainly obtainable, but I'd put the odds at more like 57 wins at this point in the season.

Yeah, once you manipulate the data so we don’t factor in being the only team to lose an all star for the year, ignore that Kyrie has been wearing a protective mask for almost a month, and ignore the health issues of our 6th-7th best player Marcus Morris... then yeah, we sure have been lucky with health...

[Ilikesports17]

Can we win 60?  Hell, we're GOING to win 60.

To me, this looks like a team  that will win 60 games without overachieving massively.

Pretty easy schedule thus far and pretty strong health from the now top 5 (i.e. Kyrie, Al, Jaylen, Jayson, and Marcus).  60 is certainly obtainable, but I'd put the odds at more like 57 wins at this point in the season.

Yeah, once you manipulate the data so we don’t factor in being the only team to lose an all star for the year, ignore that Kyrie has been wearing a protective mask for almost a month, and ignore the health issues of our 6th-7th best player Marcus Morris... then yeah, we sure have been lucky with health...

Haywards injury is irrelevant. He's not coming back in any meaningful capacity.

Our health has been about average. Al, Irving and Smart have each missed 2 games. Morris has missed a bunch and now Browns missed a few.

Schedule hasn't been that easy. We are a little below average sos. Cleveland has the 2nd easiest in the league thus far for whatever that's worth.

[kozlodoev]

Can we win 60?  Hell, we're GOING to win 60.

To me, this looks like a team  that will win 60 games without overachieving massively.

Pretty easy schedule thus far and pretty strong health from the now top 5 (i.e. Kyrie, Al, Jaylen, Jayson, and Marcus).  60 is certainly obtainable, but I'd put the odds at more like 57 wins at this point in the season.

We've had the 14th strongest schedule so far, which is about smack in the middle. Where exactly do you expect us to be, on average, anyway?

Teams with notably weaker schedule than ours so far: Cleveland (28th), San Antonio (27th), Houston (22th). Yet, somehow I haven't seen anyone question their status because of soft schedule.

[Moranis]

Can we win 60?  Hell, we're GOING to win 60.

To me, this looks like a team  that will win 60 games without overachieving massively.

Pretty easy schedule thus far and pretty strong health from the now top 5 (i.e. Kyrie, Al, Jaylen, Jayson, and Marcus).  60 is certainly obtainable, but I'd put the odds at more like 57 wins at this point in the season.

We've had the 14th strongest schedule so far, which is about smack in the middle. Where exactly do you expect us to be, on average, anyway?

Teams with notably weaker schedule than ours so far: Cleveland (28th), San Antonio (27th), Houston (22th). Yet, somehow I haven't seen anyone question their status because of soft schedule.

then you aren't paying attention