The Boston Celtics don't have an easy road to a high seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs.
Tankathon.com rates Boston's remaining schedule as the sixth-hardest in the NBA with a combined opponents' win percentage of .526, and that includes matchups against many of the best teams in the league.
The C's exit the All-Star break as the No. 4 seed in the East with a 37-21 record, but the Philadelphia 76ers have the same record (Boston owns the tiebreaker, though) and will finish the season with a much easier schedule. The Indiana Pacers, who sit in third place at 38-20, also are a real threat to finish head of the C's in the final standings.
Boston needs a strong finish to the regular season to ensure it earns homecourt advantage for at least the first round of the 2019 NBA playoffs.
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