1. It’s hard to say most losses are “good” losses. It’s even harder when there is less than two weeks to go in the regular season and a loss drops you from first to fourth in the conference.
Yet, the Boston Celtics loss to the Toronto Raptors probably fits in in the good loss category.
The Celtics played without four starters. Jaylen Brown, Al Horford and Jayson Tatum will all be back, probably as soon as Wednesday night against Miami. Robert Williams will be a while longer, and possibly until next season.
But despite the absences of arguably their four best players, Boston battled.