On Monday night, the Boston Celtics were the last team in the NBA to enter the loss column, falling to the Minnesota Timberwolves to drop their record to 5-1. It didn’t take long for them to find their second, as they faced off with the rival Philadelphia 76ers on Wednesday night and suffered their second defeat of the season as a late rally fell short in regulation.
It was a notably quiet night for Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown. Both seemed passive and indecisive offensively, combining to score just 27 points, and Brown was a particularly brutal 4-of-13 from the field.