<span data-preserver-spaces="true">A game least expected to turn out a loss versus the opposing team San Antonio Spurs, as the team fell short 96-88. </span>
<span data-preserver-spaces="true">The Celtics rallied back from their first-half performance and had a 7 point lead at the end of the game, but their shooting just couldn't quite deliver. This performance disgruntled their coach. </span>
<span data-preserver-spaces="true">"It's disappointing to not score in the last three minutes — we had a 25-point quarter leading up into that — should have finished it out with 30-plus point quarter" – Coach Ime Udoka said after the game.</span>
<span data-preserver-spaces="true">Based on paper, the Celtics fell short as the team just shot 19% from the field and 14% from deep to trail their 30-14 run in the first quarter of the game, which became a heavy burden to bounce back from. </span>
<span data-preserver-spaces="true">To add salt to injury, the team's starters only had negative +/- metrics — ending with Tatum, Brown, Schroder, Horford and Smart for a combined 26 for 75 shooting, right around 34.7% from the field. </span>
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<span data-preserver-spaces="true">Boston is now 10-10 and hopes to bounce back as they face the Toronto Raptors Sunday night. </span>
