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‘It doesn’t look like we’re going to be hanging banner No. 18 any time soon’: Bob Cousy calls out Celtics’ need for a point guard

A Celtics icon believes he has the answer for why his former team’s been struggling as of late.

After the Celtics blew a 25-point lead to the Knicks on Thursday, Hall of Fame point guard Bob Cousy told The Boston Globe’s Dan Shaughnessy that his old team needs more stability on offense when it holds a late-game lead.

“There’s something wrong,” Cousy said. “It’s just schoolyard. Run up and down and take the first shot that shows. There doesn’t seem to be intelligent direction.

“I think a stabilizing piece is missing. They usually [expletive] it up in the fourth quarter when you need to be paying attention to business.