Call it post-All Star blues. Call it a trade deadline hangover. Call it the yips. Call it whatever you want. The Celtics just aren’t right after losing their fourth game in a row to the Blazers.
Defensively, they’ve been fine. They held the Bucks and the Blazers, two of the top-5 offensive teams in the NBA, to 98 and 97 points respectively. What’s been their Achilles heel over their last two games has been their offense. Against Portland, they got good shots. When asked if he was happy with the offense and the looks they were generating, Brad Stevens said, “At times.