BOSTON -- In the wake of their season-ending loss to the Golden State Warriors on Thursday night in Game 6 of the NBA Finals at TD Garden, the message from the Boston Celtics was that the future is bright, and that this loss was, in their eyes, just the beginning.
"It definitely is tough," Marcus Smart said of Boston's 103-90 loss to Golden State. "But it's definitely one of those things we've been through hell to get here, and you take that. You know what I'm saying? We got to use that.