Your Morning Dump… Where the Celtics have really learned nothing at all

Every morning, we compile the links of the day and dump them here…
highlighting the big storyline. Because there's nothing quite as
satisfying as a good morning dump.

“We had no focus, so I thought we deserved to lose,” Rivers said.
“The bank shot that Gallinari hit was the basketball gods punishing us
for not having great focus.”

Here was Garnett’s take: “It was the basketball gods hurting us.”

Glen Davis chose to tell a parable.
“I was surprised with our play today,” he said.

“But that’s the way
it is. If you mess with the game – if you plant bad seed – then you’re
going to reap a bad harvest.
“We took them lightly. We have to play. Pure and simple, we have to
play.”

Herald: Celtics lose focus

I feel like I'm at the point where I can start recycling old Celtics quotes without anyone knowing a difference. 

How many times are lesser teams going to beat the Celtics before the Celtics STOP taking teams lightly?  I mean… it's only been 77 games.  You'd think that, by now, you'd understand that EVERY… SINGLE… TIME… you've taken a team lightly, you go through this.

Let's fast forward a little. 

Hey Celtics:  whichever team you face in the first round is a team you're supposed to beat handily.  DON'T TAKE THEM LIGHTLY.  I don't want to be putting posts like this up explaining why we got bounced in the first round.

Coming up, Page 2… where that debacle of a last play is explained

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“It was for a three for Ray,’’ coach Doc
Rivers said, succinctly summing up the strategy before adding a
bit of sarcasm. “You actually have to execute it to try to get it so . .
. ’’

Rajon Rondo tried
to let the play develop, but from what he saw, the defense wasn’t
giving Allen a good enough look.

“I didn’t think Ray was open,’’ Rondo
said. “I thought they did a good job, they switched out on us. I tried
to get it out to Rasheed and it was too late.’’