Fans always want to know if their teams can make the playoffs and what kinds of noise they can make if/when they get there. Celtics fans are especially interested these days, because the Cs this season aren't guaranteed of getting anywhere in the postseason — and yet seem capable of almost anything.
So what do we know about the Celts going into 2016? And what can we deduce from the evidence at hand?
Let's start with current conditions....
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WHERE ARE THE CELTICS RIGHT NOW?
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32 games into the season, Boston is rated as having the:
- NBA's #2 Defense
- NBA's #16–#19 Offense (in a very tight field)
- NBA's #5 Net Rating
These rankings come from the team's "Efficiency Ratings" — which measure how many points the team scored per possession (or more commonly, per 100 possessions) and how many points opponents were allowed to score.