I’m going to write this down right here, right now, so I don’t forget it the next time the Celtics stink.
They can muster their best against their worthiest opponents when they so desire. They can access their discipline, tenacity, and peak effort upon command.
They can, as the annoying but appropriate cliché goes, flip the switch.
They can, and they will — all they have to do is have the will on the given night.
The defending NBA champions have proven it twice over in the last week-plus, with stirring road victories against the Eastern Conference-leading Cavaliers and third-place Knicks.