The rebuilt Boston Celtics, who lost Gordon Hayward for the season in the first quarter of the first game, then lost two straight before reeling off 13 straight victories, host the champion Golden State Warriors in an early season spectacular. With the Cleveland Cavaliers struggling and their former No. 2 star Kyrie Irving now leading Boston, the Celtics have emerged as a very real candidate to make it out of the East. "It sure looks like Boston is the team of the future in the East, with the assets that they still have and their young talent and their coaching, and Kyrie is amazing," Warriors coach Steve Kerr said after Tuesday's practice.