Boston stuck on 17
Boston lost a game on Wednesday to a blown layup and another on Thursday to a banked-in three. It doesn’t matter who did what, the Celtics are 18-21 and a game out of the play-in tournament, directly behind the Knicks, bing, bong.
Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown are Actually Fine. Only 23 and 25 and due to get older.
Two 25-point scorers on a team featuring a rookie coach who prepared for this gig for years, that’s a recipe for good vibes and yet yer C’s are still only 3-10 in contests decided by five points or less, blowing TO THE KNICKS a game they led 57-32:
Players sometimes react positively to coaching changes. Less warming is the rare instance when the coach moves upstairs to run the team.
C’s president Brad Stevens admitted between the back-to-back losses that these Celtics “have a lot to fix.” His roster is lucky to be top 20 in offense, Ime Udoka somehow has this club top-eight defensively with Dennis Schröder leading things, even with Tatum out there dropping IOUs.
Danny Ainge’s last two rookies — guard Payton Pritchard and swing Aaron Nesmith — shoot 35 percent from the floor. Carsen Edwards is in the minors and wherever Romeo Langford goes next, make sure he leaves the ball so that we can keep playing.