DATE OPPONENT TIME Oct. 29 Brooklyn 7:30 Nov. 1 at Houston 8:00 Nov. 3 at Dallas 8:30 Nov. 5 Toronto 7:30 Nov. 7 Indiana 7:30 Nov. 8 at Chicago 8:00 Nov. 12 Oklahoma City 7:30 Nov. 14 Cleveland 7:30 Nov. 17 Phoenix 7:30 Nov. 19 at Philadelphia 7:00 Nov. 21 at Memphis 8:00 Nov. 23 Portland 6:00 Nov. 28 Chicago 1:00 Nov. 30 San Antonio 1:00 Dec. 2 at Atlanta 7:30 Dec. 3 Detroit 7:30 Dec. 5 Los Angeles 7:30 Dec. 7 Washington 1:00 Dec. 8 at Washington 7:00 Dec. 10 at Charlotte 7:00 Dec. 12 New York 7:30 Dec. 15 at Philadelphia 7:00 Dec. 17 Orlando 7:30 Dec. 19 Minnesota 7:30 Dec. 21 at Miami 6:00 Dec. 23 at Orlando 7:00 Dec. 26 Brooklyn 1:00 Dec. 27 at Washington 7:00 Dec. 31 Sacramento 1:00 Jan. 2 Dallas 7:30 Jan. 3 at Chicago 8:00 Jan. 5 Charlotte 7:30 Jan. 7 at Brooklyn 7:30 Jan. 9 at Indiana 7:00 Jan. 10 at Toronto 7:30 Jan. 12 New Orleans 7:30 Jan. 14 Atlanta 8:00 Jan. 16 Chicago 7:30 Jan. 19 at Los Angeles 3:30 Jan. 22 at Portland 10:00 Jan. 23 at Denver 9:00 DATE OPPONENT TIME Jan. 25 at Golden State 8:00 Jan. 26 at Utah 9:00 Jan. 28 at Minnesota 8:00 Jan. 30 Houston 7:30 Feb. 1 Miami 1:00 Feb. 3 at New York 7:30 Feb. 4 Denver 7:30 Feb. 6 Philadelphia 7:30 Feb. 7 at Milwaukee 8:30 Feb. 11 Atlanta 7:30 Feb. 20 at Sacramento 10:00 Feb. 22 at Los Angeles 9:30 Feb. 23 at Phoenix 9:00 Feb. 25 New York 7:30 Feb. 27 Charlotte 7:30 Mar. 1 Golden State 6:00 Mar. 3 at Cleveland 7:00 Mar. 4 Utah 7:30 Mar. 6 at New Orleans 8:00 Mar. 8 at Orlando 6:00 Mar. 9 at Miami 7:30 Mar. 11 Memphis 7:30 Mar. 13 Orlando 7:30 Mar. 14 at Indiana 7:00 Mar. 16 Philadelphia 7:30 Mar. 18 at Oklahoma City 8:00 Mar. 20 at San Antonio 8:30 Mar. 22 Detroit 6:00 Mar. 23 at Brooklyn 7:30 Mar. 25 Miami 7:30 Mar. 27 at New York 7:30 Mar. 29 Los Angeles 6:00 Mar. 30 at Charlotte 7:00 Apr. 1 Indiana 7:30 Apr. 3 Milwaukee 7:30 Apr. 4 at Toronto 7:30 Apr. 8 at Detroit 7:30 Apr. 10 at Cleveland 7:30 Apr. 12 Cleveland 3:00 Apr. 14 Toronto 7:30 Apr. 15 at Milwaukee 8:00 * All Times Eastern. comfortable shooting from the outside, he can BOSTON CELTICS 2014-15 SCHEDULE rely on his tough defense and ability to guard both backcourt positions. Green isn’t going to cause enemy coaches to alter their gameplans because of his defensive intensity, so if he goes into one of his stretches where he’s hard to find offensively, the Celtics aren’t getting anything from him. Bass is perhaps the most active of the frontcourters on defense, but his relative lack of size (he’s 6-8) doesn’t allow him any advantage over the league’s more potent four and five men. Still, he’s game and strong, two things that mean a lot on defense. The question for the Celtics is whether its big men can become better interior defenders. Olynyk certainly wasn’t drafted for his ability to thwart opposing assaults on the hoop. He’s an offensive player with size but not the power to be a factor defensively. Sullinger can play some solid positional defense, but he isn’t going too far afield to block shots or pick up driving rivals who get away from other Celtics. The X Factor could be Turner, who has good size and some ability to control enemy wings, if he is willing to accept that role. Offense Rondo only played 30 games last year, and that’s a big reason the Celtics finished 26th in points per game. When he is healthy and ready to roll—and by all accounts he is this year—he can help teams win big. Rondo isn’t the best shooter, but he’s a magician with the ball in his hands and is capable of setting up teammates, scoring himself and making some plays that leave fans (and even opponents) gasping. He’s a great talent, but he’s not exactly surrounded by the types of players who can help him be better. As a result, he might be tempted this year to do a little too much himself. The one weapon the Celtics have who can complement Rondo is small forward Green. He’ll never be a star, but he does just about everything well. He has even become a better three-point shooter. Don’t be surprised if he leads the team in scoring again. And don’t be surprised if there are some nights when you wonder what happened to him. If he had a little more of Rondo’s, ahem, confidence, he would be a lot better. If guard Bradley is healthy, he will be a factor, but he has to get better from the outside if Boston is going to be dangerous on the perimeter. Rondo isn’t going to nail threepointers, so Bradley has to be better from deep, the better to spread the defense. If he can’t make an improvement, Boston’s attack is
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