The NBA In-Season Tournament has already created some interesting scheduling quirks and the Celtics have an interesting slate of games coming up for the rest of December.
The next fpur games are at home, with two in a row against the Cleveland Cavaliers and two in a row against the Orlando Magic. Boston has played the Magic once already (the Mo Wagner revenge game as part of Group C play) and the Magic have been very successful against the Celtics in recent years (winning 3 out of 4 games last season). The Cavaliers have had similar success against the Celtics, winning 3 out of 4 games last season.