Win streak broken with a bad loss: 10 Takeaways from Celtics-Pistons

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1. Well…the win streak is over. Often in the NBA, when a long win streak ends, it happens with a bad loss where everything just sort of goes wrong. And that’s exactly how it went down for the Boston Celtics.

Yes, this was a bad loss. The Detroit Pistons are one of the worst teams in the NBA. They came into Boston on an eight-game losing streak. By all accounts, the Celtics should wake up this morning on a 10-game winning streak. But, as they say, that’s why they play the games.

2. While noting this was a bad loss, we can also note that the sky isn’t falling. The world hasn’t come to an end. Yes, the bad taste will unfortunately linger for longer…