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Danny Ainge on the Celtics’ loss to the Heat, Gordon Hayward’s future, and the ‘strange’ offseason

Following the Celtics’ loss to the Heat in the Eastern Conference Finals on Sunday, president of basketball operations Danny Ainge jumped on 98.5 The Sports Hub’s “Toucher & Rich” for his final weekly interview of the season.

Ainge was equally optimistic about the future as he was disappointed with the loss to Miami over six games.

“We’re in a pretty good place,” Ainge said on Thursday of the team’s position looking ahead. “But yeah that was a tough loss, no doubt about it. It was not good, not good play in that series because it was so promising in those first two series.