Poor as their start was in the series opener, the Boston Celtics got off to an even worse beginning in Tuesday's Game 2 against the Atlanta Hawks at Philips Arena. Once again, they were unable to recover enough to avoid a loss.
Atlanta had a 24-7 first quarter, and cold-shooting Boston couldn't get closer than 10 points after that, as the Hawks grabbed a 2-0 series lead with an 89-72 win.
The Celtics trailed 30-19 through one quarter in Game 1, but that paled in comparison to the hole they dug themselves Tuesday.
The NBA on ESPN specified the depths of Boston's first-quarter struggles:
Invoking The Shining as a means of illustrating the cold start, the NBA on TNT tweeted a classic image:
Jay King of MassLive.com highlighted how much worse the Hawks could have made the first half for the Celtics:
CBS Sports' Doug Gottlieb implied he was getting sick as he bore witness to an awful display by Boston:
Without starting shooting guard Avery Bradley because of a hamstring strain, the Celtics offense was lost. Aside fro ...
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