A few thoughts on the Celtics while wondering how many times Paolo Banchero muttered, “Please put me back in now, Coach” and “How about now, Coach?” during the champs’ decisive third quarter Tuesday night …
Allow me to make an overdue apology: It was a big mistake to prefer the Celtics play the Magic in the first round rather than the Hawks, which indeed is a nonsense take I believed during the play-in round.
The series with the Magic actually went how I figured it would u2015 Banchero and Franz Wagner would give the Celtics some fits, but the champs would overcome any frustrations and issues with Orlando’s physicality to win the series in five.