These Celtics are a hard watch.
Obviously, this isn’t about the winning. They’re 15-5 with room to grow. It would be disingenuous to argue against a style that has vaulted them to the top of the NBA.
This isn’t about the (occasional) losing either. They’re out of the In-Season Tournament after 15 turnovers and 12-of-21 from behind the arc buried them against the Pacers on Monday night. There’s no point in overanalyzing what is likely a blip in their regular season schedule; it was ugly, but an anomaly. For the most part, they’ve been a dominant defensive team with a bad shooting night tripping them up.