The Truly Missed Opportunity By The Celtics In Not Sweeping the Hawks

By dropping Game 3 and no longer being able to sweep Atlanta, the Celtics will have a little more work - and less rest - in putting away the Hawks, and then preparing to play Philly.

ATLANTA – Stay in your lane. Mind your own business. 

While it may sound like the right kind of attitude for an NBA team, that’s just not how this works in the playoffs.

Players know all too well how interconnected everything they do on the floor is, with what’s happening with other teams among the postseason privileged. 

That’s why Boston’s Game 3 loss did more than just extend their first-round series by a game.