Boston Celtics Forgot How to Basketball After 3 Quarters…
TD Garden turned into a rollercoaster of emotions when Oklahoma City’s Aaron Wiggins generously offered the Celtics a lousy airball to close the third quarter. With their tails wagging, fans erupted, watching their beloved team munch through a 12-point deficit like a hungry pack of wolves—only to transform into tired puppies by the fourth quarter. Spoiler alert: Boston left their game on snooze and matched OKC every step of the way—or at least, they tried!
The Celtics caught a case of stage fright with a tied game at 98, scoring only 4 points over a misty-eyed six minutes, letting OKC stroll away with a double-digit lead. With the homestand ending in an overall respectable 5-2, the Cs dropped losses to the two heavyweights – Cleveland Cavaliers and OKC, proving “it can happen to the best of us.” But glory ended where quarters began: the fourth. Cue in more fan groans.
In barely winning against teams like Utah who’s out of the Playoffs, Boston didn’t just shoot themselves in the foot—they exhausted themselves repeatedly by trying to defend rebounds from eternity. With fourth-quarter stats echoing a horror story of the worst defense in the league, Coach Mazzulla’s advice was just: “Hey, maybe rebound and, you know, try a little defense?” One game at a time, folks!
