The 2025-26 NBA schedule was unveiled on Thursday with all 82 games for the Celtics locked in amid a retooling season. It will be a year of change for Boston with Jayson Tatum sidelined and four rotation players departed via trade or free agency. However, the Celtics still believe they can be a playoff team in a wide open Eastern Conference. All of Boston’s offseason departures will also allow for plenty of reunions at TD Garden this season.
A few of the details of the schedule were already released earlier this week, including Boston’s NBA Cup schedule. Boston will not play on Christmas Day this year but still has 25 nationally-televised games, which are the eighth-most in the league. Here are 10 of the most intriguing matchups on the Celtics calendar that kicks off on Oct. 22 at T