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Earl's NBA power ranking · Week 4, 2026

Boston sits at 10th with a 5.602 neutral-field rating, down 0.68 from last week, and that dip came against a 6.598 schedule, so the number is doing real work rather than padding against weak opponents. The market at 5.6 is essentially in lockstep with the model, meaning there's no edge in backing or fading the Celtics at a typical spread right now. With no key players unavailable and a prior-season rating of 5.445 that's already been surpassed, this is a hold rather than a buy or sell.