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Game 1 was not a fluke for the Miami Heat—they’re damn good. Nor was it some massive crisis for the Boston Celtics—they barely lost in OT. Were most Cs fans nonetheless edgy as hell leading up to Game 2? You bet. Turns out that was the right reaction. Despite a dominant 2.5 quarters of basketball, the Celtics fell into traps not dissimilar to those that doomed them in the games they lost to the Raptors: turnovers galore, bafflement over zone defense, sloppy or rushed shot attempts and an inability to maintain focus upon creating a lead.