The Celtics have slipped out of the primary seed (for now) behind the Milwaukee Bucks. In both spot, the workforce will probably be going through a workforce popping out of the play-in match. So we received’t know for positive who we’ll be enjoying until the season is over.
In fact that doesn’t imply we will’t speculate and take a look at the chances. The nice Sean Grande put this collectively.
5 weeks out, an at all times satisfying waste of time, is projecting the Celtics 1st spherical opponent.
Utilizing Basketball Reference’s projected standings, listed below are the March 12 probabilities:
Miami 27percentAtlanta 26percentToronto 12percentBrooklyn 9percentWashington 8percentChicago 7percentIndiana 6percentNY 4percentCleveland 1% pic.twitter.com/BYZ3rj0ZpU
— Sean Grande (@SeanGrandePBP) March 12, 2023
Clearly the Warmth have a manner of constructing life troublesome for anybody within the playoffs, particularly the Celtics. Alternatively, this 12 months’s workforce doesn’t appear as harmful as prior iterations. The Celtics took care of the Hawks not too long ago, however that workforce has quite a lot of expertise and if their new coach can determine easy methods to unlock their potential, they could possibly be harmful.
Additional down the record are the Raptors and Nets, who each appear to have constructed (both on goal or accidentally) rosters of lengthy and versatile gamers who can excel on each ends.
So who would you most prefer to keep away from as we kick off the postseason?
