COMMENTARY
The NBA schedule has the tendency to even out over 82 games and that’s exactly what the Celtics are finding out after brutal, road-heavy month of December. Boston plays nine of their next 11 contests coming in the friendly confines of the TD Garden, with only a couple road trips to Washington and Milwaukee mixed in. That’s good news for Brad Stevens and co., who have won six straight games on their home floor after a slow start to the year.
The hot stretch has helped the Celtics put some distance between themselves and the pack for the No.