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Maybe the Boston Celtics will throttle up when the real games start. Maybe having Jayson Tatum on the floor for upwards of 40 minutes per game will mask some of the deficiencies that have otherwise been glaring in an abbreviated preseason.
But the fact of the matter is that it’s difficult to be optimistic about where the Celtics stand entering the 2020-21 regular season.