It’s been a while since we had to deal with a loss. A 9 game-winning streak can make you believe a team is invincible. That their deficiencies are only for show, and that no opponent can get close to exploiting them. Unfortunately, that’s not the case, and eventually, as confidence rises, those deficiencies only become more of a target, and on Monday night, the Chicago Bulls took advantage of that target.
Like it or not, Chicago seems to be one of the few teams capable of deflating the Celtics. In England, football (soccer) fans like to call that type of team a ‘bogey team’ — one opponent who no matter how badly they’re playing, always finds a way to give you problems.