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Why would the Celtics make it easy on themselves? Despite all that went wrong, they can get past this.

Oh, there are all sorts of ways to illustrate how Game 2 of the NBA Finals devolved into a debacle for the Celtics, but we might as well begin with something that is at least mildly amusing rather than infuriating.

Nick Stauskas, Sam Hauser, and Malik Fitts each outscored Marcus Smart, Al Horford, and Robert Williams III. The members of the Celtics bench brigade scored 3 points apiece, while that trio of starters was limited to 2 each.

Luke Kornet, another member of the Eric Fernsten All-Stars, scored as many points (2) as the Celtics’ individual starting bigs.