Celtics playoff tickets go on sale today at 11:00 a.m. The tickets start at $12, according to the Celtics, and there is a four-ticket limit. Call 1-800-4NBA-TIX to order, or purchase them online at Celtics.com. (ESPNBoston)

The date and time of Boston’s first-round series won’t be determined until the playoff bracket is set at the conclusion of the 2009-10 season. Barring an utter collapse, the Celtics are pegged to have the third or fourth seed and would host the first two games of their first-round series.

Twelve bucks is a great deal to go see a playoff game, so you better pounce now while you can get them at face value. Once StubHub gets ahold of those things, it’s all over but the crying (and forking over excessive amounts of money).

Also, if anybody wants to buy me a courtside ticket to every game, that would be terrific.