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Time to focus on the future: 10 Takeaways from Boston Celtics-Portland Trail Blazers and where things go from here

Time to focus on the future: 10 Takeaways from Boston Celtics-Portland Trail Blazers and where things go from here

1. The Boston Celtics took a 100-89 lead on Grant Williams layup with 7:19 to play. The Portland Trail Blazers called a timeout. After that break, Boston went scoreless for 6:38 of game-time.

As a matter of fact: the Celtics never made another field goal. The Blazers finished the game on a 20-5 run to take the road victory.

Boston shot 0-for-9 over the final 7:19, including 0-for-6 from behind the arc. The only points the Celtics scored were at the free throw line.

Boston has had collapses before, but this one was something else. To not score against one of the worst defenses in the NBA for over seven minutes in the fourth quarter is a whole new level of bad.

2. That make matters worse, two defensive blunders cost the Celtics as much as anything they did (didn’t do?) on offense. There’s no reason for Jaylen Brown to leave Robert Covington in the strongside corner like this. You don’t help off a bad shooter in this way, and you certainly…

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