Jaylen Brown and the Celtics had a crack at it, but they couldn’t pull off the win on the second night of a back-to-back and their fourth game in six nights, falling 114-111 in the closing seconds.
Here are the takeaways.
Hugo González is great (but made a costly mistake)
On the one hand, the fact that rookie Hugo González was on the floor in the closing seconds as part of what NBC Sports Boston broadcaster Drew Carter accurately called a “defensive lineup” speaks highly of the rookie’s defensive acumen — both physically and intellectually.