{"id":150836,"date":"2024-12-26T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-26T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.celticsblog.com\/2024\/12\/26\/24329415\/boston-celtics-philadelphia-76ers-christmas-day-joe-mazzulla-jayson-tatum-al-horford"},"modified":"2024-12-26T13:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-12-26T13:00:00","slug":"celtics-christmas-loss-to-76ers-encapsulates-inconsistent-december","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gamefootballmobileanimeiphone.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/26\/celtics-christmas-loss-to-76ers-encapsulates-inconsistent-december\/","title":{"rendered":"Celtics\u2019 Christmas loss to 76ers encapsulates \u2018inconsistent\u2019 December"},"content":{"rendered":"<br \/>\n<figure>\n      <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Philadelphia 76ers v Boston Celtics\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/thumbor\/50fMZGZwH25pygwHBtV6ilCG3Sc=\/0x0:5637x3758\/1310x873\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/uploads\/chorus_image\/image\/73809938\/2191416942.0.jpg\" \/><figcaption>Boston Celtics star Jaylen Brown drives past Kelly Oubre Jr. of the Philadelphia 76ers. | Photo by Brian Fluharty\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Celtics are leaning back in the video game chair.<\/p>\n<p id=\"9Wf0Lz\">You probably felt a little like this if you watched the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.celticsblog.com\/\">Boston Celtics<\/a>\u2019 118-114 loss to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.libertyballers.com\/\">Philadelphia 76ers<\/a> on Christmas.<\/p>\n<div id=\"kGppSv\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-dnt=\"true\" align=\"center\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Christmas Day with the Celtics <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0myJXS7fKz\">pic.twitter.com\/0myJXS7fKz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sam LaFrance (@SamLaFranceNBA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SamLaFranceNBA\/status\/1872074178997936374?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 26, 2024<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"X548vN\">It was a day when Celtics fans experienced almost every emotion possible while watching their team battle it out; excitement, frustration, hope, defeat, and many more. The game was truly a rollercoaster.<\/p>\n<p id=\"K7erXJ\">But, why?<\/p>\n<p id=\"o6OKWa\">Aside from the fact that basketball is a game of runs, the wide range of emotions can be attributed to the Cs playing some of their absolute best and absolute worst basketball within the same 48 minutes \u2014 or as head coach Joe Mazzulla put it, \u201cinconsistent basketball.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"AfddyT\">\u201cWe just didn\u2019t have great offensive rhythm and we didn\u2019t have great defensive execution,\u201d said Mazzulla. \u201cListen, we\u2019re playing inconsistent basketball. So, we have to be better at both ends of the floor. We need to be more consistent on both ends of the floor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"J2tjcv\">The inconsistency stems past this one game, but to Mazzulla\u2019s point, Boston looked lost offensively to open the fourth quarter.<\/p>\n<p id=\"5n0O11\">\u201cThat\u2019s a fair criticism from him. We have to really dive into our work a little more and understand that we can\u2019t relax during periods of the game,\u201d said Al Horford, who should be exempt from all criticism after his vintage performance against Philly.<\/p>\n<p id=\"afCb4O\">All of a sudden their two-point lead turned into a 15-point hole and it felt like every shot that they put up was a tough one, even if it was a makeable shot.<\/p>\n<div id=\"C5BGT0\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"left: 0; width: 100%; height: 0; position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/cdn.iframe.ly\/api\/iframe?url=https%3A%2F%2Fvideos.nba.com%2Fnba%2Fpbp%2Fmedia%2F2024%2F12%2F25%2F0022400407%2F496%2F117a675e-e3da-4b89-a105-5bc56ff4c902_1280x720.mp4&amp;key=9ef4a209439e42bc59783ba959d50197\" style=\"top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute; border: 0;\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"encrypted-media *;\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.iframe.ly\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"LFS6cg\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"left: 0; width: 100%; height: 0; position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/cdn.iframe.ly\/api\/iframe?url=https%3A%2F%2Fvideos.nba.com%2Fnba%2Fpbp%2Fmedia%2F2024%2F12%2F25%2F0022400407%2F499%2Fe2d794f1-b587-e3e5-4b0c-74f244d87caf_1280x720.mp4&amp;key=9ef4a209439e42bc59783ba959d50197\" style=\"top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute; border: 0;\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"encrypted-media *;\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.iframe.ly\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"1PL4P3\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"left: 0; width: 100%; height: 0; position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/cdn.iframe.ly\/api\/iframe?url=https%3A%2F%2Fvideos.nba.com%2Fnba%2Fpbp%2Fmedia%2F2024%2F12%2F25%2F0022400407%2F512%2F7248015e-f9ff-e904-9952-4d41e5c3c0a7_1280x720.mp4&amp;key=9ef4a209439e42bc59783ba959d50197\" style=\"top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute; border: 0;\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"encrypted-media *;\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.iframe.ly\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"DncfBE\">Is it unfathomable to think that Jayson Tatum, Derrick White, and Jaylen Brown would sink the above shots?<\/p>\n<p id=\"e0vQNY\">No, we\u2019ve all seen them do it plenty of times. That doesn\u2019t change that those are tough looks, even if it\u2019s common for them to drop. Philadelphia did a great job of making Boston work for everything to open the final frame and it wound up being a big difference in this game.<\/p>\n<p id=\"iWzjCp\">It doesn\u2019t help that the 76ers were creating wide-open looks on the other end on almost every possession.<\/p>\n<div id=\"SKKKuR\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"left: 0; width: 100%; height: 0; position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/cdn.iframe.ly\/api\/iframe?url=https%3A%2F%2Fvideos.nba.com%2Fnba%2Fpbp%2Fmedia%2F2024%2F12%2F25%2F0022400407%2F473%2F13304f29-46f2-4ec0-ad96-a62b33fa7a67_1280x720.mp4&amp;key=9ef4a209439e42bc59783ba959d50197\" style=\"top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute; border: 0;\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"encrypted-media *;\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.iframe.ly\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"PUEJYn\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"left: 0; width: 100%; height: 0; position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/cdn.iframe.ly\/api\/iframe?url=https%3A%2F%2Fvideos.nba.com%2Fnba%2Fpbp%2Fmedia%2F2024%2F12%2F25%2F0022400407%2F504%2F4d3972cc-406b-7007-b0a1-a7cffe31ed2f_1280x720.mp4&amp;key=9ef4a209439e42bc59783ba959d50197\" style=\"top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute; border: 0;\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"encrypted-media *;\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.iframe.ly\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"eM3qA8\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"left: 0; width: 100%; height: 0; position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/cdn.iframe.ly\/api\/iframe?url=https%3A%2F%2Fvideos.nba.com%2Fnba%2Fpbp%2Fmedia%2F2024%2F12%2F25%2F0022400407%2F525%2F9c9e8918-0edc-cf06-f95a-0361ce5558e1_1280x720.mp4&amp;key=9ef4a209439e42bc59783ba959d50197\" style=\"top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute; border: 0;\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"encrypted-media *;\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.iframe.ly\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"zaw2a0\">They were loose, while the Celtics were playing tense.<\/p>\n<p id=\"X2nKX1\">\u201cI think we played well the last six minutes of the fourth,\u201d Tatum explained. \u201cI think just that start of the fourth quarter, really, we struggled on both ends of the floor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"ZZc86B\">JT wasn\u2019t lying. The final six minutes of this game saw Boston play some of their best basketball of the year.<\/p>\n<p id=\"Eomlad\">Once they were all-but pronounced dead with the third Caleb Martin (30% three-point shooter this year, by the way) three of the quarter, Boston essentially sat up in their chair and locked in, especially on the defensive end.<\/p>\n<div id=\"B9mx53\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"left: 0; width: 100%; height: 0; position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/cdn.iframe.ly\/api\/iframe?url=https%3A%2F%2Fvideos.nba.com%2Fnba%2Fpbp%2Fmedia%2F2024%2F12%2F25%2F0022400407%2F562%2F32a65e9a-ac30-2f2f-aab7-be615f8ec37c_1280x720.mp4&amp;key=9ef4a209439e42bc59783ba959d50197\" style=\"top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute; border: 0;\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"encrypted-media *;\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.iframe.ly\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"1735185159.111899\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"left: 0; width: 100%; height: 0; position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/cdn.iframe.ly\/api\/iframe?url=https%3A%2F%2Fvideos.nba.com%2Fnba%2Fpbp%2Fmedia%2F2024%2F12%2F25%2F0022400407%2F565%2F617d71ab-22ca-be74-0e7c-95908e5e6705_1280x720.mp4&amp;key=9ef4a209439e42bc59783ba959d50197\" style=\"top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute; border: 0;\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"encrypted-media *;\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.iframe.ly\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"N6rXH3\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"left: 0; width: 100%; height: 0; position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/cdn.iframe.ly\/api\/iframe?url=https%3A%2F%2Fvideos.nba.com%2Fnba%2Fpbp%2Fmedia%2F2024%2F12%2F25%2F0022400407%2F572%2Fbcdffcff-2bdf-7d5b-36a2-98beceb432f5_1280x720.mp4&amp;key=9ef4a209439e42bc59783ba959d50197\" style=\"top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute; border: 0;\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"encrypted-media *;\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.iframe.ly\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"veJC41\">The engagement on defense was night and day from what we\u2019d all watched for the first half of the quarter. Once they locked in, the Cs took away Philly\u2019s open looks and turned them into contested mid-range jumpers and turnovers, and all of a sudden the big deficit was erased.<\/p>\n<div id=\"0fEQMu\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"left: 0; width: 100%; height: 0; position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/cdn.iframe.ly\/api\/iframe?url=https%3A%2F%2Fvideos.nba.com%2Fnba%2Fpbp%2Fmedia%2F2024%2F12%2F25%2F0022400407%2F577%2Fd88053b9-6c14-1ea7-2bcb-1c1c03a0fbde_1280x720.mp4&amp;key=9ef4a209439e42bc59783ba959d50197\" style=\"top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute; border: 0;\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"encrypted-media *;\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.iframe.ly\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"5O4Cbv\">The real issue here is that the engagement is always under their control. Sure, you can\u2019t control if someone like Caleb Martin all of a sudden is a sharpshooter, but you can always control your own focus.<\/p>\n<p id=\"r0rr7z\">\u201cYeah, I think we\u2019ve got to take some ownership,\u201d Tatum continued. \u201cWe\u2019ve got to be better. We\u2019ve got to acknowledge the things that we\u2019ve done, not that, you know, not so great. We got to look in the mirror and man up. And we just got to be better. We fully believe in ourselves, you know, the things that we can do when we\u2019re fully locked in, and we\u2019ve done it time and time again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"PbTOV1\">Tatum\u2019s right. The Celtics have earned a mulligan or two from the community. An NBA Championship will do that. At the same time, they\u2019ve now lost three of their last four games, and four of their last seven. Boston is 6-5 in December after losing to the 76ers \u2014 inconsistent, if you will.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n<p>        Boston Celtics star Jaylen Brown drives past Kelly Oubre Jr. of the Philadelphia 76ers. | Photo by Brian Fluharty\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>  The Celtics are leaning back in the video game chair. 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