The Celtics fumbled away a 28-point lead and lost by double figures to the Brooklyn Nets on Friday night.
If the season were to end today, the Celtics would be looking at a first-round matchup against the winner of the Heat/Hawks play-in and a second-round joust with the Philadelphia 76ers . The Celtics have owned Philadelphia, so maybe that’s not a particularly daunting proposition. There’s no guarantee that drawing, say, the frisky Cleveland Cavaliers or the surging New York Knicks would be a better draw.
But the Celtics should be enticed by the idea of letting Joel Embiid and Giannis Antetokounmpo slug it out for the possible right to meet Boston in the conference finals. That might be the most ideal path forward. All these winnable games that the Celtics let slip away could conspire against them securing that No. 1 seed. The Celtics, for the better part of two seasons now, simply have not made their lives any easier because of their inability to sustain a high level of play. Last year they at least had the excuse of COVID and injuries. This year it simply boils down to energy and focus.
Even while operating at less than full health, the Celtics have routinely reserved their best basketball for the biggest moments of the season. Alas, these Celtics have also had a maddening propensity to lose their focus, abandon the play styles that deliver their best basketball, and endure maddening losses that make you question if they are capable of achieving their loftiest goals.
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