Here we are with another game featuring a long injury report. The Celtics started this one off pretty sluggish falling behind 15-7 early forcing Ime to call a timeout. The Celtics adjusted fairly well the rest of the first quarter and played a solid second quarter battling back into this game despite shooting only 2-12 from 3 in the half. We saw another game where Pritchard played exceptionally well and he was the reason the Celtics battled back into this one. Tatum and Brown both did a good job getting downhill and either facilitating or getting to the free throw line for the large majority of the game as well. After a solid second and third quarter, the Celtics actually had as much as a 7 point lead in the fourth quarter Then they reverted back to their old ways of iso ball, turning the ball over and missing free throws which resulted in an 18-6 run in the final 4:14 for Philly which ultimately put this one out of contention. We saw 2 bad turnovers on inbounds plays in the last minute of play which is inexcusable. It is certainly a frustrating loss but when you have to rely on Freedom and Bruno as your only bigs, I don't know how much you can actually expect.

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