The NBATV studio broadcast crew for Monday night’s Celtics-Clippers tilt – particularly former Cavs GM David Griffin – seemed to be filing away the increasingly inevitable C’s defeat as a “schedule loss” and the consequence of a multi-day hiatus in laid-back LA. (By contrast, last season’s late-January So-Cal visit featured a Staples Center back-to-back.)
Idle Hands + Devil’s Workshop = Lack of Urgency, huh?
That little equation just may well sum up Boston’s erratic regular-season performance as well – although that all can’t be laid at the doorstep of the allure of La-La Land.
Last year’s regular-season over-achievement re-established the Celtics as an elite NBA team.