The Boston Celtics have been frustrating to watch this season, starting 5-7 over their first dozen games. Only four teams in the Eastern Conference have fewer wins than them.

While the Celtics are playing hard for Joe Mazzulla in Jayson Tatum’s absence (especially on defense), they keep falling short in crunch time . It happened again on Tuesday , as Boston lost by two points to the Philadelphia 76ers in the final seconds.

Despite having the ball at the end of the game with a chance to tie or take the lead, the Celtics failed to get a quality shot off, not even hitting the rim with Derrick White’s desperate 3-point heave.

Boston is now 2-5 in clutch games this season, which the NBA defines as a game within five points in the final five minutes. The team has already lost three games

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