By: Dan Massar, YawkeyTalkies Correspondent
The Celtics season starts tonight!  Lets take a look at the schedule  and pick out the best games.  Here are 10 key games to watch, starting with tonight’s:
1.      October 27 at Cleveland: This is the opening game for the 09-10 NBA season.  Not a bad way for the league to open things up.  The Celtics begin their quest to regain the championship against a hungry Cavaliers team that added Shaquille O’Neal in the offseason.  Could be an Eastern Conference Finals preview.  Then again everyone said that last season before the Magic crashed the party.
2.      October 30 vs. Bulls: Last time we saw the Bulls they were pushing the Celtics to the brink in a wild 7 game first-round series.  It was arguably the best first round series in NBA history.  The Bulls could be a team on the rise, though they will miss Ben Gordon who left Chicago for Detroit.  The theme of the playoff tilt was overtime.  There were 7 overtime periods in the series, an NBA record. So, expect it to be close.
3.      November 20 vs. Magic: The first match-up between the two squads since the 7 game second round struggle.  It didn’t feature 7 overtimes, [...]