Analysis: The winners and losers of the NBA’s Christmas extravaganza
on Dec. 10, a disheartening blowout in which Jayson Tatum’s play left much to be desired. The Celtics then lost four of their next five games against opponents of varying quality. To say that Boston needed a statement win against the Milwaukee Bucks on Christmas would be going too far, but Tatum and company would have faced some serious questions if they had dropped another high-profile game against a recent playoff foe, this time at home.
No stranger to exchanging barbs himself, Brooks coped with a tough night by pointing the finger at the officials. “F---ing up calls, putting the wrong guys on the free throw line, like it was a circus,” he said. “Should have had different refs.” Granted, the referees weren’t great, but they still outperformed Morant’s supporting cast by a comfortable margin. There should have been no excuses or scapegoats from Memphis’s side.
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