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‘It’s time for them to take the next step’: What Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce said about the Celtics’ Game 7 loss and the future of the team

Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce believe the Celtics didn’t play with the right energy in their season-ending loss to the Heat in the Eastern Conference finals.

Though the Celtics fell five wins short of a title, the Hall of Famers believe Boston should mostly run it back next season.

The two Celtics icons discussed their former team’s disappointing performance in Game 7 in the latest episode of Showtime’s “Ticket & Truth” podcast.

“I watched the first two minutes of how the C’s came out [and thought] ‘I don’t like that energy! That’s not energy to beat you!