The 11-8 Celtics are three games over .500 for the first time in the Brad Stevens era (it last happened on April 7, 2013, per play-by-play man Sean Grande). Nearly one-fourth of the way through the season, Boston is only two games back of the Cavs for the No. 1 seed in the East:
Crazy East playoff standings. Bulls have the best record at the moment, despite being half a game behind Cavs: pic.twitter.com/H77XRp9UEn
However, things are about to get extremely tough for the C's. Take a look at their upcoming schedule:
Tonight: @ Spurs (16-4)
Monday: @ Pelicans (5-15, but they have Anthony Davis healthy now and yesterday they beat Cleveland)
Wednesday: vs.