At this point in the season, especially when most teams know their individual fates as the playoffs/play-in/offseason all loom, only a handful of things matter. For one, you want your team to be healthy. Teams would additionally love to give their end-of-the-bench guys some run, particularly those that might be fighting for a place in a playoff rotation (or, *grimaces*, for a spot on the team next season). Also ideal: maintaining and/or gaining momentum.
The Boston Celtics desperately need to mark off every item on that checklist as they creep toward their date with [insert play-in tournament opponent here] (no, we still don’t know).