1. Splitting the first two games of a five-game west coast swing isn’t the worst thing. The Sacramento King are also no longer the KANGZ, where you just show up and get a victory. Losing to them on a back-to-back isn’t anything to be ashamed of. And Boston was without their top three options as lead ballhandlers.
That said, this was a missed opportunity. A couple of defensive breakdowns and a couple of sloppy possessions late in the fourth and that was that. Now, to salvage a good result from the trip, the Celtics need to beat either the Clippers, Suns or Jazz.