COMMENTARY
The Boston Celtics let go of the rope and allowed the New Orleans Pelicans to roar back and claim a 120-115 overtime victory on Sunday.
Five takeaways from a game that felt all too familiar for Boston.
The Celtics’ fourth-quarter struggles are becoming inexplicable (and inexcusable).
On Sunday, Boston’s biggest lead stretched out to 24 with 6:29 left in the third quarter. After three quarters, the Celtics led by 13. With fewer than five minutes remaining, Nicolo Melli buried a 3-pointer to put the Pelicans up three.
Once again, the Celtics blew a big lead in the fourth quarter, and this time, they couldn’t dig themselves back out.