Following the first 10 games of the 2025-26 NBA season, the Boston Celtics are in the middle of the pack.

By many metrics, their start has been average. They hold the 11th-best offensive rating and 12th-best defensive rating, putting them right above the median of the NBA. As for their overall record, the Celtics are 4-6 and currently in 11th place in the Eastern Conference, which is just enough to distance themselves from the three East teams with only one win but not enough to truly put them in playoff contention.

This middling performance is largely what was expected from the Celtics without star forward Jayson Tatum healthy . However, there are still 72 games left to play and Boston's season is far from defined.

Before the last (roughly) 90% of the 2025-26 campaign gets underway

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