After emerging as one of the best teams in the Eastern Conference last season, the Boston Celtics' playoff run came to an abrupt end. Joe Mazzulla's team dropped three straight games, two of which occurred at TD Garden, as they lost to the Philadelphia 76ers in the opening round. Of course, the nature of that loss has led to fans wondering what went wrong.
During a recent episode of WEEI's "The Greg Hill Show," Meghan Ottolini shared her thoughts on the situation. Ottolini noted that Mazzulla moved away from a lot of what was working in the regular season, including his 10-man rotation, among other things.
"I think they went away from a lot of the stuff they did in the regular season, and that was the mistake," Ottolini said. "Like the regular season, they had like a 10-man rotation, and then it took until game seven to see somebody like Hugo (Gonzalez), who I thought provided a big spark in the first half when he was in there. Even some of these other guys, like Jordan Walsh. (He was) one of the few guys on the team who could at least slow down Tyrese Maxey. I don't think you have a Maxey stopper on that team, but (Walsh could) at least slow him down."
Falling short in the opening round of the playoffs certainly came as a shock to the Celtics' fanbase, especially as it was against a Sixers team that had struggled for stretches of the season.
Nevertheless, Boston will now head into the summer looking to regroup and find some new additions to improve the rotation.
During a recent episode of WEEI's "The Greg Hill Show," Meghan Ottolini shared her thoughts on the situation. Ottolini noted that Mazzulla moved away from a lot of what was working in the regular season, including his 10-man rotation, among other things.
"I think they went away from a lot of the stuff they did in the regular season, and that was the mistake," Ottolini said. "Like the regular season, they had like a 10-man rotation, and then it took until game seven to see somebody like Hugo (Gonzalez), who I thought provided a big spark in the first half when he was in there. Even some of these other guys, like Jordan Walsh. (He was) one of the few guys on the team who could at least slow down Tyrese Maxey. I don't think you have a Maxey stopper on that team, but (Walsh could) at least slow him down."
Falling short in the opening round of the playoffs certainly came as a shock to the Celtics' fanbase, especially as it was against a Sixers team that had struggled for stretches of the season.
Nevertheless, Boston will now head into the summer looking to regroup and find some new additions to improve the rotation.
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