COMMENTARY
The Boston Celtics ended their road trip with a devastating loss to the Atlanta Hawks on Wednesday, falling 127-112.
Five takeaways as the Celtics found a new rock bottom.
The Celtics had nothing left.
Don’t think of this as an excuse, but rather as an explanation: The Celtics were exhausted. After Atlanta threw a haymaker of a punch in the first half, Boston had nothing left in the tank for a response. A very brief rally in the third quarter fell flat on its face when Atlanta buried a series of 3-pointers again and pushed the lead back out.