On a night when All-Star point guard Isaiah Thomas shot a nearly impeccable 10-for-15 from the field en route to 25 points, the Boston Celtics still failed to garner a victory, falling late in a 105-99 defeat at the hands of the Chicago Bulls. While some may point to a critical traveling violation on rookie small forward Jaylen Brown with 43 seconds remaining and the team trailing by two points or Chicago shooting guard Dwyane Wade‘s Reggie Miller-esque three-point shooting performance as the culprit, one glaring fault exists.
Boston’s efforts on the glass were mediocre at best.