Boston Celtics forecast
Why the Boston Celtics are where they are, and a rotation you can play with: move minutes, sit a player, see what changes. Updated every night.
Why Boston is at >99% to make the playoffs
- 8-2 so far, heading for about 58 wins (51 to 65 in most of the seasons we played out).
- Plays like a team 8.9 points a game better than average, the 3rd best rating in the league.
- 72 games left, and one of the easier schedules: the 5th easiest of 30.
- The rating leans most on Derrick White, Jayson Tatum and Neemias Queta. Sit one of them in the rotation below to see how much he matters.
Our forecast
- Projected wins
- 58
- Playoffs
- >99%
- Title
- 18%
With Carter back
Replaying the season…
Play with the rotation
Every player starts at the minutes he's been playing and the rating we give him. Change either one, or sit someone, and we replay the rest of the season 2,000 times.
| Player | Overall | Min/game | Out? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jayson Tatum Star creator | Overall+2.4 | 34 min | |
| Paul George Scoring wing | Overall+1.0 | 30 min | |
| Derrick White Scoring wing | Overall+3.5 | 29 min | |
| Payton Pritchard Scoring wing | Overall+2.5 | 26 min | |
| Neemias Queta Rim-running big | Overall+3.1 | 21 min | |
| Sam Hauser Spot-up shooter | Overall+2.4 | 20 min | |
| Baylor Scheierman Spot-up shooter | Overall+0.6 | 20 min | |
| Mitchell Robinson Rim-running big | Overall+0.4 | 18 min | |
| Jordan Walsh Low-usage role player | Overall−0.6 | 16 min | |
| Luka Garza Rim-running big | Overall+1.5 | 13 min | |
| Hugo González Low-usage role player | Overall+2.2 | 13 min | |
| End of the bench | 0 min |
Hurt right now
The forecast at the top of the page counts these players out for the rest of the season. Here they come back on the date shown, at the minutes they were playing before. Change a date to see what it does.
- Devin Carter illness · 10 games missed ·
Around them in the standings
The teams just above and below them in the East, by projected wins.
- Boston58 projected wins · >99%
- Detroit57 projected wins · >99%
- New York51 projected wins · 97%
- Philadelphia49 projected wins · 94%
- Atlanta48 projected wins · 93%
The roster by type of player
Share of the team's minutes, by the player type each played like last season, next to the league average.
- Star creator
- Playmaking guard
- Scoring wing
- Spot-up shooter
- Low-usage role player
- Rim-running big
- Interior big
- New this season
Pick the rest of the games yourself in the playoff predictor
How the forecast works, and how often it's right
Sitting a player hands his minutes to the rest of the rotation; moving minutes yourself takes them from, or gives them to, the end of the bench. The team's rating follows who plays the minutes. Ratings and player types are ours, built from play-by-play data. Not affiliated with the NBA.