Five Oklahoma City Thunder players scored over 20 points as the Boston Celtics tonight had one of those embarassing losses to a sub .500 team that plagued them last month. Of course the Celtics said all the right things after the game, but this group has always been good at post game pressers.
League is too tough to pick and choose when to play hard. Recent Celtics Finals history (2010, 2022) tells us Boston needs to never take their foot off the gas.
Better to learn this lesson (again) in the regular season than in the playoffs.