The optics that played out Tuesday night on Causeway Street were far from ideal.
As the Celtics made their way off the parquet floor, the scattered fans still present within the TD Garden stands filled the air with a discouraged chorus of boos.
It was a fitting stamp on a 115-103 loss to the 76ers in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals.
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As ugly as those final minutes were for Boston, the consequences in the wake of a pivotal home defeat are far more grave.