The Celtics are in the middle of a funk. Bad shooting is a leading contributor, but Boston is not playing winning basketball, and is 2-3 in its last five games with a pair of ugly losses, to the Raptors on Wednesday and Hawks on Saturday.
Boston knows it can play better. Both head coach Joe Mazzulla and Celtics star Jayson Tatum both made that clear following Saturday’s overtime loss. However, the pair also expressed a positive outlook on the rough stretch.
“You’ve got to take the good with the bad, and understand that down the road, we could be grateful for this stretch,” Tatum said postgame.