The first in the league was cold! The Celtics lost to the remnants of the Lakers, Zhan Mei was absent, and the double tanhua was complained about
On February 2, Beijing time, the NBA regular season "Battle for the Heritage" ended with the Lakers defeating the Celtics. In the absence of James and Brother Thick Eyebrows, the Lakers limited the Celtics to only 46 points in the first half, withstood the impact in the third quarter, and were able to respond in the final quarter and successfully won the victory. All five of the Lakers' starters scored double-doubles, and Reaves, Russell and others all played well. The Celtics' duo of Tatum and Jaylen Brown have been sluggish.
The Celtics in this game are all-main players, with All-Star starter Tatum, Jaylen Brown, who has just been selected as an All-Star bench, as well as Porzingis and Holiday and others. The opponent Lakers did not have the two superstars of James and Brother Thick Eyebrows, and the Celtics were comprehensively superior in terms of strength, ranking and record comparison between the two teams, but they still lost the game and broke out the upset.
As the team with the best record in the league, the Celtics have recently faced strong teams and lost back-to-back games, and against another Los Angeles team, the Clippers, he lost by 19 points, and the Celtics also lost to opponents against the Nuggets in the West. This is also where many fans complain about the Celtics, in the face of teams with average strength, the Celtics will win, but at the level of strong matchups, the Celtics have pulled their hips many times.
If you want to win the NBA championship, you need to perform better in the strong matchup, after all, the gap between the regular season and the playoffs is very large, if you lose to the championship opponent in the regular season, then once the intensity is greater in the playoffs, I am afraid that it will be very difficult for the Celtics to withstand the pressure.
Tatum is a top superstar in the league, an All-Star starter, and no one doubts his talent and quality. Jaylen Brown, one of the double probes, has a super-large contract and enters the All-Star bench lineup, and the performance of the two determines the ceiling of the Celtics, but from the current point of view, their performance in key moments is not trusted by fans. The performance of Shuangtanhua was complained by many fans.
Therefore, for the Celtics, if they want to compete for the NBA championship, the core players must play their due role, and the tough game also needs to show better performance.