Celtics postseason scenarios: Breaking down Boston’s playoff picture after the Raptors loss

This is what the Celtics would be looking at in the postseason if the season ended today.

Whether you’re adept at understanding how the NBA’s play-in tournament affects the Boston Celtics’ postseason picture or totally clueless about how it shakes up the historic way the playoffs have gone down, we can help clarify what the Celtics are facing and help Boston’s seeding horizon make sense.

With each win or loss potentially critical for where the Celtics will finish in the standings — and with it, who they will face and in what format come the postseason — we’ve put together this guide to help you make sense of Boston’s postseason situation on a game-to-game basis.

The Celtics sat four starters on Monday and lost as might be expected — let’s take a look at how things would shake out if the standings of the day hold with Boston in the East’s fourth slot