When Gordon Hayward fractured his hand on November 9th against the San Antonio Spurs, Celtics fans everywhere had a pit in their stomach after his hot start. A couple days later he had surgery and we were given a rough six-week timeline. Not bad in the grand scheme of things.
Allow me to do some math for you. Six weeks from the surgery would be December 23rd. The Boston Celtics play the Charlotte Hornets on December 22nd before their Christmas Day match-up against the Toronto Raptors.