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The schedule won't be announced until 6 pm EST, but the Herald's Steve Bulpett has a sneak peek at some key dates:
Sneak peek at Celtic schedule: Open at home vs. Nets Oct 29. Host Cavaliers Nov 14, April 12. At Clev March 3, April 10...
— Steve Bulpett (@SteveBHoop) August 13, 2014
Paul Pierce and Washington visit Boston on Larry Bird's birthday, December 7. C's are at Wizards Dec 8 and 27.
— Steve Bulpett (@SteveBHoop) August 13, 2014
Celts sneak peek, cont: Playing at home on days after Thanksgiving and Christmas-- vs. CHI Nov 28 and Nets Dec 26. Both at 1 pm.
— Steve Bulpett (@SteveBHoop) August 13, 2014
Celts sneak peek 4: Play against Doc Rivers and the Donald Sterling-less Clippers in LA Jan 19 and in Boston March 29.
— Steve Bulpett (@SteveBHoop) August 13, 2014
Sneak peek 5: New longer All-Star break has Celts hosting Atlanta Feb 11 and not playing again until Feb 20 in Sacramento.
— Steve Bulpett (@SteveBHoop) August 13, 2014
Sneak peek 6: Celtics won't get in the way of your New Year's Eve revelry. They host Sacramento at 1 pm on Dec 31.
— Steve Bulpett (@SteveBHoop) August 13, 2014
We heard earlier today about Kevin Garnett's return to the Garden on Opening Day, but we'll have to wait over a month for Paul Pierce to come home. Check back at this post when the entire season is revealed.
UPDATE:
The 2014-15 Celtics' schedule has been released. Here's some highlights.
- Kevin Love flirted with the city two and a half months ago and Boston will get a chance to boo the new Cav on November 14th.
- There are 18 back-to-backs this season, including a home-and-home with Paul Pierce and the Wizards in early December, a five-games-in-seven-nights stretch on the west coast in January, and five back-to-backs in March alone.
- If anybody was expecting National TV Rondo, there's only one game scheduled on ESPN. It's January 14th at TD Garden vs. the Hawks. For what it's worth, he suffered his ACL tear in Atlanta a year and a half ago.
- Remember Birthdaygate last season when Rondo stayed in Los Angeles instead of travelling with the team to Sacramento for a game he was scheduled to sit out? The Celtics play the Lakers on NBATV February 22nd on you guessed it: Rondo's birthday.
- With the league extending All Star Weekend, the Celtics will have eight days off for the festivities (and only two games over two weeks in mid-February).
- The Celtics open the season with a murderers' row of a schedule: Brooklyn, Houston, Dallas, Toronto, Indiana, Chicago, Oklahoma City, and Cleveland. That stretch is followed by two games by non-playoff teams Phoenix and Philadelphia followed by Memphis, Portland, Chicago, and San Antonio. That's a tough start for a team bringing in at least five new faces.
- The trade deadline is on February 19th (at the end of ASW) and right before the team heads out west for a three game roadie. If major changes are going to rock the roster, leaving town might be the best thing for the team.