The Celtics took and nearly blew a 21-point lead in the fourth quarter but held on to beat the Giannis-less Bucks 122-119 on Wednesday.
Here are the takeaways.
1. We can’t speak for Joe Mazzulla here, who seems to delight in lessons learned from moments that drive fans insane, and we can’t speak for the players involved, but the Celtics’ victory — which pushed them 11 games ahead of the second-place Bucks in the Eastern Conference — managed to become one of the most ambiguous games of the year.
Celtics fans might argue that a win is a win, which is technically correct, even though boasting about a win over the Bucks without Giannis Antetokounmpo is kind of like inheriting money and then bragging that you paid off your house.