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Lessons from the Punk Rock Celtics

The Boston Celtics lost another game last night with this loss coming at the hands of the Toronto Raptors. For what feels like the first time this year, the Celtics really got blown out, and it stayed that way from the second quarter on.

Al Horford on the difference this year: “For some reason, we’re not fighting.”

— Tom Westerholm (@Tom_NBA) February 27, 2019

What does “fighting” even mean here? What is toughness? Is it a bunch of fake tough guys screaming at each other “hold me back!