1. Jaylen Brown said it best postgame: “Ain’t no moral victories in this shit.”
Now, that’s not 100% accurate for all teams at all times. But for the Boston Celtics, and where they are with the arc of this team, it’s spot-on.
This wasn’t playing the Milwaukee Bucks with nary a starter to be seen. Boston was down three key guys, but they also had a 14-point lead over the Cleveland Cavaliers to open the fourth quarter. They had more than enough to win this game.
They didn’t.
To their credit, no one on the Celtics offered any silver linings.