It looked like the Celtics finally succumbed to their press clippings. Oh look, they've won 9 of their last 10 games! Isaiah's an All-Star!! They're 6th best in the league!!! Yada. Yada. Yada.
Playing their penultimate pre-break game in Milwaukee, the Cs only pretended to play defense through almost the first 3 quarters of Tuesday's contest, finally waking up in the 4th quarter to compete the way they're supposed to — the way that got them those clippings in the first place.
But it was too little too late, and the game ended the way it was supposed to end — with the Celts losing because they played badly most of the way.