In two games, the Celtics have produced two polar opposite performances. On Sunday, they exorcised their demons known to most as the 10-seeded Golden State Warriors and Stephen Curry, liquidating them by 52-points without Kristaps Porzingis and prompting ESPN’s Steven A. Smith to apologize to America at halftime.
Two nights later, as if none of that even mattered, the Celtics blew a 22-point lead in nine tiny-little minutes to the Cleveland Cavaliers. It’s a tough loss, but sometimes the other team just has the best guy in the game: Hall of Famer Dwyane Wade.