Celtics Face Daunting, Exciting Shortened Slate

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When the NBA�s schedule makers were assigned the task of squeezing a 66-game schedule into approximately four months, every team in the league knew exactly what that to expect: a daunting challenge.
The season has been shortened by nearly two months, but only 16 games have been taken off of the schedule. That means that every team in the league will be playing a lot of competitive basketball this season, without a lot of practice or down time.
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