Vegas has spoken. The Las Vegas Superbook at the Westgate has posted its over/unders for season long win totals, and they've put the line on the Celtics at 42.5 wins. The sports book's figure suggest they believe the Celtics are in for a modest bump up in wins from last year's 40-42 campaign, and their 42.5 mark is even with the Indiana Pacers for eighth highest in the East. Analysis from Matt Moore at CBS Sportsline is slightly ambiguous:
This effectively slots them into a tie with Indiana for the 8th seed in the East. If you buy into their progress last season in the second half of the year as sustainable, this is an easy over.