The Boston Celtics were the NBA’s top defense at the end of last season and came out of the gate one of the worst in the league to start their 2022-23 campaign. Thankfully, their offense was lethal enough to help them start 3-0, but soon their lack of effort and cohesion on the other end caught up to them in the form of a two-game losing streak.
The Celtics managed to keep it from sliding to three games with a trouncing of the Washington Wizards, with hot nights from Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown, and Malcolm Brogdon capitalizing on a truly awful night for Wizards star Bradley Beal.
Let’s take a look at what was being said on Celtics and NBA Twitter as Boston cruised to a wire-wire 112-94 blowout.
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Story originally appeared on Celtics Wire