There’s no way around it. Game 4 was an absolute dud for the Celtics.
They suffered their worst NBA Finals loss ever, falling 122-84, in a massacre that was as lopsided as it sounds.
But as is the case after most embarrassing losses, there’s often a silver lining.
In this case, it’s courtesy of Celtics radio play-by-play announcer Sean Grande. Grande noted, at 1:06 a.m., that the last three Celtics championship teams all lost a close-out game on the road before responding to win the title in Boston the next game.
The losses may not have been quite as jarring, but they did happen.