Hospital Celtics Lose In Theis Revenge Game

Not much you can say after this loss. It hurts. Celtics were missing 4 of our top 6 players in Kemba, Smart, Fournier and Timelord and couldn't put together a strong enough offense to pull this one out. Despite Tatum's triple double (14pts 13reb and 10ast), only Pritchard and Romeo had more than 1 assist and that just isn't going to get the job done. With ball movement being one of our major downfalls tonight, turnovers may have been the biggest issue. We turned the ball over 16 times in key moments. Tatum led the team with 4 turnovers but every single starter had at least 1 turnover and they came at bad times. Every time the Celtics made a run, they turned the ball over and made it impossible to build our lead/come back late in the game. 

Celtics really need to focus on getting healthy at this point and it comes at a great point as the Celtics now have one of their only 2 day off stretches this season. This was really the game that we wanted to win as our next 2 games come against the Suns and Nets who are two of the best teams in the NBA this year.