Poorly Timed Timeouts are Killing the Celtics

After back-to-back losses to the Orlando Magic, the Boston Celtics desperately needed to come out with the right energy and tempo on Wednesday night against the Indiana Pacers. In short, they didn’t. The Pacers jumped out to a 42-22 lead at the end of the first quarter, and the Celtics looked lost as they let the Pacers go on a 37-11 run to end the first. Joe Mazzulla called a single timeout in the quarter after Boston let Indiana go on a 15-0 run to take a 20-11 lead.

Boston fell behind by as many as 30 points, and eventually clawed their way back into it in the second half, failing to get a lead. The Celtics lost 117-112 to the Pacers, marking their third straight loss and their fifth in six games. When Boston needed to get their act together in the first quarter, Joe Mazzulla failed to get a read on the situation, and the Pacers jumped all over them.

Do the Celtics have a timeout problem? Has Joe Mazzulla’s stingy timeout strategy finally caught up with them? The Garden Report’s A. Sherrod Blakely, Jimmy Toscano and John Zannis discuss.

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