[Forsberg] Next two weeks could be a defining stretch for Celtics
November 26, 2025
[Forsberg] Next two weeks could be a defining stretch for Celtics
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From Chris Forsberg:
We’re about to find out a whole bunch about the 2025-26 Boston Celtics.
On Thanksgiving Eve, the Celtics launch into a brutal seven-games-in-12-days stretch. That includes the second dreaded five-games-in-seven-nights span of the season, with five games in four different cities and travel before each tilt.
The next seven games will also feature:
* Matchups with four of the top five teams in the Eastern Conference (Detroit, Toronto, Cleveland, New York)
* Two games against teams with double-digit win totals in the West (Minnesota, LA Lakers)
Take away a pit stop in Washington on December 4 — the night before a rivalry showdown with the Lakers back in Boston — and the other six opponents in this seven-game stretch have a combined .702 winning percentage (73-31).
In the ’90s, the World Wrestling Federation often held an annual pay-per-view on the night before Thanksgiving. Now, the Celtics are about to launch into their own Survivor Series.
The Celtics are 4-6 this season against opponents with a record of .500 or better. Two of those wins came against Orlando, with the others against Cleveland and Philadelphia.
After a roller-coaster 9-8 start to the season, these new-look Celtics are either going to show that they can measure up against some of the NBA’s elite, or get a bit of a reality check about the ceiling of this team while hunting for their identity as Jayson Tatum rehabs from his ruptured Achilles.
4 comments
From Chris Forsberg:
We’re about to find out a whole bunch about the 2025-26 Boston Celtics.
On Thanksgiving Eve, the Celtics launch into a brutal seven-games-in-12-days stretch. That includes the second dreaded five-games-in-seven-nights span of the season, with five games in four different cities and travel before each tilt.
The next seven games will also feature:
* Matchups with four of the top five teams in the Eastern Conference (Detroit, Toronto, Cleveland, New York)
* Two games against teams with double-digit win totals in the West (Minnesota, LA Lakers)
Take away a pit stop in Washington on December 4 — the night before a rivalry showdown with the Lakers back in Boston — and the other six opponents in this seven-game stretch have a combined .702 winning percentage (73-31).
In the ’90s, the World Wrestling Federation often held an annual pay-per-view on the night before Thanksgiving. Now, the Celtics are about to launch into their own Survivor Series.
The Celtics are 4-6 this season against opponents with a record of .500 or better. Two of those wins came against Orlando, with the others against Cleveland and Philadelphia.
After a roller-coaster 9-8 start to the season, these new-look Celtics are either going to show that they can measure up against some of the NBA’s elite, or get a bit of a reality check about the ceiling of this team while hunting for their identity as Jayson Tatum rehabs from his ruptured Achilles.
[Read more here](https://www.nbcsportsboston.com/nba/boston-celtics/upcoming-schedule-standings-pistons-matchup/749991/).
we’re probably gonna get rolled but maybe we’ll pull off some upsets.
– summary of the 25-26 season
A lot of this is contingent on how much time Queta misses tbh as Forsberg mentions
dumb premise in the title. Won’t bother reading.
There are 82 games. The only way two weeks to define a season is if someone gets injured or traded. Or fired.