Brad Stevens and the Boston Celtics will deploy multiple starting lineups throughout their upcoming season. There will be some bumps and bruises that require load management during a long 82 game season, so it’s inevitable that we’ll see different variations of lineups and rotations. More importantly than who plays at the start of the game, though, is often who is on the floor to close games.
Closing game lineups are a little more difficult to predict because individual game situations will dictate end-of-game lineups. If the Celtics are up by a ton, one could expect to see some rookies (Tacko time?