Celtics’ growing pains became brutal reality in Magic meltdown

The Boston Celtics are dangerously close to allowing "growing pains" to turn into reality (and they kind of did vs. the Orlando Magic).

Boston Celtics, Orlando Magic, Payton Pritchard, Joe Mazzulla, Anfernee Simons | Rich Storry/GettyImagesORLANDO — Growing pains were inevitable for the Boston Celtics. At this point in the season, the phrase has been worn out. New roster, new roles, new relationship dynamics. That much newness was bound to come with a certain level of uncertainty, especially with how much talent left Boston this summer.

But at a certain point, growing pains turn into patterns. And those patterns are the difference between winning and losing.

On Friday night against the Orlando…