Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett On Whether The Boston Celtics Peaked Too Early

The Boston Celtics were expected to take their time finding their footing after internal scandal and injuries threatened to derail their 2022-23 campaign before it had even begun, but the team roared into action under then-interim head coach Joe Mazzulla, putting a historic offense on the parquet early in the season.

But then the ball club’s level of play dropped and teams that were clearly the worse of the two in terms of talent on paper kept beating Boston — especially when the opponent was a younger, athletic squad with length. What happened? Did the Boston Celtics peak too early?

The hosts of the Showtime Basketball “Ticket and the Truth” podcast hosted by Celtics legends Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett recently explored whether their former team played their best ball far too early in the season.