Yes, the Celtics began making open shots, running in transition, and playing actually-good defense that saw a 90-second, 13-2 run nearly eliminate an entire game of lameness.īecause except for that run, much of the game begged the question I came up with at the two-minute mark: what are we even doing? That’s a pretty broad question, so I’m going to break it down into some subsidiary what-are-we-even-doings, before tying it up with a sad, dejected bow. I almost deleted that intro, but then the Celtics lost anyway.Īnd because I watched the entire game, which for 46 minutes consisted of somewhat-sketchy to downright uninspired Celtics basketball, I refuse to overreact to a two-minute stretch of glory. Generally, when one of the teams has less than half a percent chance of victory, I feel fine starting a column.īut the Celtics must have taken offense to my actions, because they stormed back, cutting the lead to three and had a chance to force overtime on a Kristaps Porzingis last-second miss. I started writing the intro to this article with just under two minutes left in the fourth quarter, with the Celtics down 14 and with a 99.8 percent chance of losing according to ESPN Analytics. It’s never fun to lose a basketball game, but it’s even less fun when that game leaves you wondering what the heck the Celtics were even trying to do with their lives…

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