COMMENTARY
The Celtics needed the All-Star break as much as any team in the league. They lost four of five games and got lit up by the Toronto Raptors, Cleveland Cavaliers, and Los Angeles Clippers. Everyone involved acknowledged a break and a change were both necessary.
They’ve fallen to second in the East and have 23 games to figure out how to pull this thing back together. One thing they’ll have to figure out quickly is how to use Greg Monroe. As Brad Stevens said after Wednesday’s first post-break practice, it’s part of an overall re-thinking of how to rotate guys into the game.