After tonight’s embarrassing loss to the Shai-less Thunder, the Boston Celtics are 8-8 in their last 16, 5-7 in their last 12 games and a perfectly balanced 5-5 in their last 10.
The Celtics still hold the 1st seed but the Nets remain a single game behind and have won 12 straight.
[https://www.espn.com/nba/standings](https://www.espn.com/nba/standings)
by CazOnReddit
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I don’t think they’re *this* bad but they’re also not 50/40/80 as a team good. Things will even out as the season goes along.
Shouldn’t have taken that holiday in California in the middle of the season.
I thank them for giving a tanking rival a W
They lost?
Tatum is NOT the MVP
Not a nets fan but odd bringing up the nuggets while the nets are in their conference and now only half a game back while on a 12 game win streak lol
Its crazy because this season is going to be a season of teams getting hot and then skidding. Nets will get there.
The east is shallow asf besides the nets
Media and this subreddit thinks they’re the 2017 Warriors and 90s Bulls reincarnated though.
Literally mid af
Ohh there goes rabbit again
Warriors – Celtics Dec 10th broke their confidence
Hope it turns around soon. I think we’re closer to the team that started the year than this one
Celtics fan base, chillax. It’s a long season. You wanna know why your team lost so bad this tonight? A theory:
Players find out SGA isn’t playing. They think that they will go out there and get an easy W. Showed up with no energy and hustle. The other team comes out hustling like they are all on mad roids. A blowout ensues. And yes, it was hilarious watching thunder score 150 and blow them out by 30. This is entirely on the players.
No team in the nba is so bad that your team can win simply by showing up.
This is also the kinda game that should snap the Celtics players back to reality. They gatta hustle. OKC players had a lay up and dunk line out there. No effort on D, no charges taken, nothing. The coach can’t go out there and take a charge for them
I like this stat
Celtics have been blue shelled.
Regression to the mean. Say it with me
If they keep playing at .500. There going to quickly fall down the seedings. Bucks not playing very good. Celtics not either. Seems there not quite who we thought they were. We will see.
Why don’t you just give up. Well that’s what Jerry said
Oh there goes gravity
But….but….but….Tatum for MVP!
as it turns out shooting 40% from 3 isn’t sustainable throughout the season
They shot 40%+ from 3 in October and November. Cooling off from 3 seems to be the main reason for their struggles.
perfectly balance as all things should be
No fucking way are we doing a reverse Ume lmao
Too lazy to look at stats but didn’t they have a historic offense with a middling defense to start off the year (ORTG and DRTG wise)?
I’m assuming their offense cooled and their defense hasn’t been elite?
Still the best record in the NBA. If the Celtics are mid, what does that make your team?
Looooong season ahead. Celtics will be fine. But not against the Nets please. lol
We just stopped hitting open threes. They generate so many good shots on offense but the role players just can‘t hit them at the rate they did in November or hit them at all. It‘s been really lackluster.
Oh, there goes gravity
What losing to the Warriors does to a team