1. Considering all the factors (coming off a loss, five consecutive days off after the game, division rival, undefeated at home), this is easily the most disappointing loss for the Boston Celtics so far this season. It’s one thing to lose a game on the second night of a back-to-back to a really good team. That part isn’t a killer. What stings is the way Boston lost and that it happened at home to a division rival. They were bullied and didn’t really show up for large portions of the game.
And what makes that sting even more is that multiple times throughout the contest the broadcast picked up Brad Stevens cajoling his team to play with more effort and take it to another level.