The Celtics lost a tough home game to the Dallas Mavericks on Wednesday night, in a troubled contest marred by some awful officiating for both teams. In the end, the usually reliable and redoubtable Isaiah Thomas had a chance to tie the game with plenty of time left on the clock — and single-handedly kicked the ball away to a turnover. (Bad things do happen, even to the best of us.)
It is clearly true that the Cs had plenty of chances to win this one, and failed to get the job done.