Celtics need to find right combination, because series is no lock
You didn’t think it was going to be that easy for the Celtics to advance to the Eastern Conference finals, did you?
Their path took a hard turn in Washington, where the Wizards ran the Celtics out of the gym with a pair of monster runs to knot the series at two games apiece. In the aftermath of Boston’s disastrous stint in D.C., there’s cause for consternation on Causeway Street. The six straight playoff wins the Celtics brought to Washington are a distant memory.
Frankly, the Celtics are fortunate to be tied in this series. They’ve been outplayed for the majority of the action. If it weren’t for a Herculean 53-point effort from Isaiah Thomas to win Game 2 in overtime, the Celtics would be returning to TD Garden on the brink of elimination.
“We’re the better team, and we feel like we’ve been the better team,” Washington’s Markieff Morris told reporters after Game 4.
It’s hard to dispute him. However, as we look to Game 5 on Wednesday night at TD Garden, there is no reason to run for the lifeboats on the S.S. Brad Stevens. The playoffs are like taking X-rays of a team. All the issues and flaws underneath the surface are exposed and revealed. The small cracks in a team’s foundation and construction become readily visible.
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