The Celtics fell apart down the stretch and snapped their 11-game winning streak with a 105-104 loss to the Cavaliers on Tuesday.
Here are the takeaways.
1. A number of talking points about execution will emerge from the loss, so let’s handle those at the top.
With time winding down, Jayson Tatum tried to attack Darius Garland in isolation – a decent plan in theory, but one that didn’t produce a particularly good shot. The officials called a foul on Tatum’s fall-away jumper, but they overturned it after J.B. Bickerstaff challenged it. Replays appeared to show that Tatum did indeed kick his leg out to initiate the contact with Garland.