At some point, the Celtics evolved (or devolved, if you will) into an upside-down version of their former selves,. They are now a team that treats the regular season like a regular season, rather than a team that treats the regular season like a set of 82 death matches, like the 2007-08 Celtics did.There was a joy to watching that Celtics team compete, partially because we weren’t watching Gerald Green and Sebastian Telfair anymore, but also due to the knowledge that teamwork and passion were a given on every night and those Celtics would rarely, if ever, get outworked. A few half-assed regular seasons (and one gutsy regular season during which the Celtics finished 62-20 despite Kevin Garnett falling to injury at midseason) later, we no longer enter game days knowing the type of effort the Celtics will provide.Once unequivocally the league’s toughest team, the Celtics now have their grit questioned by the leader of their own locker room. (WEEI)“The difference in the game...
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Gerald Green,
Sebastian Telfair,
Kevin Garnett,
Doc Rivers,
John Hollinger,
P.J. Brown
TEAMS: Los Angeles Lakers, Phoenix Suns, Boston Celtics
TEAMS: Los Angeles Lakers, Phoenix Suns, Boston Celtics
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