 Celtic slowing game winning streak with snap last night by the Cavaliers the season led by 22 in the fourth one on to lose 105 104 let's take a look at the Ford big board built for America built Ford proud this was the biggest blown fourth quarter loss for the Celtics since the 96 97 season Boston 93 and 71 with up 93 71 with nine minutes left Dean Wade D Wade went off for Cleveland scoring 20 points going 7 for 7 5 for 5 from 3 so let's go on to lose 105 104 so how do players feel after the game in the fourth quarter we didn't execute and we got some open looks that didn't go down but you put yourself in that spot when you don't when you don't put a team away don't match the gas should have matched the gas when he was up 22 we kind of let it hang around and it was cool and you know comfort will kill you I think it's healthy I think it's healthy for us you know we we do have a feeling that they were like pretty much like we're gonna win every game we're invincible we're gonna win this game no matter what happened we're like ah we got this a little bit of that feeling is always there you know it's maybe healthy but it's also healthy to get a loss here and there it's kind of like all right here we go let's let's let's recalibrate a little bit alright let's play a little game of big deal or I know big deal in the daily thread listen I'm gonna go big deal no big deal than blowing a 22 point lead I'm gonna honestly say normally I would freak out about this I'm gonna say no big deal listen they were 111 in a row they were about to win 12 Donna Mitchell wasn't out there I could see it in their body language like when they scored their 20th and 22nd points especially like they took a close-up shot of Jason Tatum after he went and put them up 22 and he was like you know we got it kind of lollygagging back that's not what bothered me the most we'll get to what bothered me the most in a second do you have a problem was it a big deal that they blew a 22 point lead on the road in the fourth quarter with only nine minutes remaining no I would think it would be a bigger deal if this happened say tomorrow night against Denver and they started to play tight started play scared started really slow it down and then you saw Denver kind of find a way to come back and then it would be a big deal to me I think you're probably hitting more on it training where they I don't know just they let their foot off the gas they didn't defend whatever we want to call it that that was the issue take the quarter off yeah it's just they kind of took the quarter off yeah so here's why it's a big deal to me because we're looking at what is this team going to do in the postseason and you go back to the bubble blown leads against Miami just like this every other game you go back to last year's playoffs you game one against Philly no MB they're up double digits they blow that game game five against Atlanta chance to close them out up double digits in the second half Treyoung goes off they blow that game Miami and the conference finals they have leads in games double digits again third quarter the game where Miami ran off like 40 points in a row it's a pattern so yes does last night matter in terms of this season in this moment no but does it matter in the big picture yes because that's how they keep losing postseason series but those playoff games to me or where they start playing tight or they start you know trying to slow it down and just bleeding the clock they're just hoping for time to run out that that didn't feel like the situation last night last night it was just more lackadaisical than anything yeah like to me this was just like man we've won so many of these like we're gonna be able to cruise because we've cruised all year long I'm with Giles I this that's one that I do not think is a big there's other things to gripe about however we're gonna get to the things that we do think are a big deal let's take a look at some of the crunch time numbers for the Celtics the NBA definition of clutch and there is an NBA definition of clutch is the final five minutes of the fourth quarter or overtime when the score is within five points the Celtics are 18 and nine in those situations tied for third in the league but you got to take a little closer look at these numbers because the numbers get worse in less time in one point games in the final minute the Celtics are four and six in one point games in the final two seconds there two and five and Jason Tatum in the final five seconds to tire take the lead oh for five this season it was unfortunate thought I got fouled but they didn't think I got fouled and it's tough because we got would have to tip in so just a weird way to end the game but you know they always say the game isn't one of loss in the last play it's a lot of things that we didn't do well in that fourth quarter that put us in that position I mean I guess he's kind of true guys we'd like you to join the conversation by voting in our poll you know the drill go to NBC Sports Boston comm slash really dishes can the QR code what is your level of trust in Jason Tatum to deliver in the clutch here's what I don't like about that Phil Perry that answer there from Jason Tatum well you know I could have been foul it wasn't a call that could have been a tip and maybe I don't know don't slowly dribble the ball down the court not see guys that are open and have maybe a better shot selection than you do in the minute and don't take a stupid fallback fade away attempt like your Kobe Bryant I don't like it I don't like there's something about him when the pressure is on that he does not deliver and it started it's not starting to drive me nuts it is my biggest fear about this team going into the postseason yeah their ability to execute late in games is a big deal to me this has been a big deal for some time now he's even as they have been rattling off wins our guy Chris Forsberg has been as on top of this as anybody can remember talking to him during all-star weekend everything is going great for the Celtics and they looked really strong and he still had concerns about how they were finishing games especially against the best teams and so yes when the game is within five points last five minutes they're one of the best in basketball but the closer it gets the later it gets the worse they get that to me is a troubling trend they're still going to be the number one seed out of the east I still think they're going to make the NBA finals but this is the kind of thing that will prevent them from being able to eventually hoist that Larry O'Brien trophy is if they can't figure out how to handle these late game situations it's Tatum it's Joe Missoula it's everybody on that roster they should be sharing the basketball much much more that guy Chris Daps Porzingis that we just heard from needs to touch it way more frequently late in games because when he does good things tend to happen and I would say this as far as whether or not it's a big deal I mean philosophically if if the plan is to just bleed the clock down in that situation you're in scowl in the broadcast like what are they doing you need to go faster go fast give yourself an extra chance at a possession because you know actually even if Tatum misses it Porzingis doesn't have time to tip it in they he should be going they should be getting shot up with 10 seconds to go a little less than 10 seconds to go just playing faster I know that Joe Missoula talked about that after the game said they needed to go faster and even said that he maybe tried to call timeout of 4.6 seconds left but it's just it's the the philosophy of it that I'm more concerned with it is this what they plan on doing in playoff games or do you plan on going fast when you're down in those situations so you give yourself another opportunity. Well Tomasi correct me if I'm wrong and maybe you wrote this in your article today or maybe I read it in Forrestburg's article but like when Jason Tatum is aggressive with the ball and he drives the lane good things happen I don't understand why he's always hanging back trying to make this like I was thinking in my head is that Michael Jordan shot you know and I get over the Utah Jazz and the crowd goes nuts and you see him kind of you know putting up the jump shot like that in my head is what Tatum's trying to do when he should just I don't know I feel like they should handle it he in particular should handle late game situations differently. Yeah I mean I think you hit it with your earlier comparison it's Kobe and we know he loves Kobe in his game it's always the Kobe one leg out follow way it's probably the weakest shot in his arsenal and so the fact that they're always isolating for him to get that shot is a problem for me I'll just go back what's the best moment maybe other than Derek White's putback in the last five years of playoff games for them it was that game one buzzer beater against the Nets where everyone touched the ball and Tatum laid it in it was a layup at the buzzer if they would just share the ball like Phil was saying they'll be in much better shape. Guys one actually has the most votes in our poll somehow with all the other ones it averages out to a four but it doesn't seem like people are all that confident in Jason Tatum to make the shot when he absolutely needs to