The Boston Celtics enjoyed a dominant start to their 2024-25 season, but their schedule is about to become significantly more challenging. With a large portion of their early season games against teams with sub-.500 records, the Celtics are now set to face a slew of playoff caliber opponents in the coming weeks.
, and the team closed out a ridiculously successful 12-month run with one of the most lopsided wins in franchise history on New Year's Eve. But things are about to get a whole lot more difficult.
The difficulty meter spikes immediately to start 2025. Every opponent on Boston’s four-game, Western Conference-road trip that opens Thursday night in Minnesota currently has a record of .500 or better, and Boston will play teams currently slotted in the 1st, 3rd, 5th, and 8th spots in the Western Conference standings during that trip.
After playing just four games against West teams over their first 33 games of the season, Boston jousts with West squads in 12 of its 16 games in the month of January.Winter doldrums be damned. The Celtics are going to taste a steady diet of playoff teams, and we’ll learn a whole lot more about this team’s preparedness to chase a second title over the course of what’s usually one of the sleepier months on the NBA calendar.
A season ago, the Celtics were an NBA best 34-15 against teams .500 or better, but also feasted on teams below .500 with a 30-3 mark. The 2024-25 squad hasn’t been as locked in against poor teams -- posting a 15-4 mark thus far -- but it absolutely seems more engaged against the best teams., while Jaylen Brown popped up on the injury report ahead of Thursday’s game.
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