1. I try very hard to make the Takeaways impersonal. They aren’t about me; they are about the game. The goal is to tell you what I saw, but to keep them as emotionless as possible.
Off the top: I’m probably going to fail you in that goal today.
Maybe it’s because the Boston Celtics have played 105 games and there isn’t a whole lot left to say that’s new or hasn’t been said.
Many of the Celtics players seem worn out, and quite frankly, I think your writer here is too.
This is the longest season any of these players have ever experienced.