SAN FRANCISCO —\u00a0Steve Kerr\u00a0<\/b>consoled Celtics fans before Boston began its road trip trying to get its season back on track. Only that’s not how the Celtics saw it — and Kerr agreed.<\/p>\n
“We always say at the beginning of the season, we’re climbing Everest,” Kerr said. “When you start training camp, you’re at base camp and the NBA season is such a long haul. If you go to the Finals, that’s over 100 games. So if you go to the Finals and come back the next year, you’re right back at base camp and that’s intimidating and especially for the Celtics, they’ve been at it for 7-8 years playing deep into the postseason. It’s not like this was a brand new team last year winning it all. They’ve had to fight through a lot of difficult seasons, so perfectly natural for them to be having a little bit of an emotional hangover and maybe not be at their best game after game. I’ve seen that a million times in this league.”<\/p>\n
Joe Mazzulla\u00a0<\/b>stressed not dwelling on those down nights following another one on Saturday against Atlanta. They didn’t have time to do that, he said, then caught himself and acknowledged a six-hour flat stood in front of them. Asked if they addressed their struggles on it before Monday’s game at Golden State, he said no<\/i>.<\/p>\n
The Celtics rolled through the Warriors, 125-85, to score one of their largest wins of the season anyway. Along with putting the concerns around the team aside for an afternoon, Boston found greater ball movement than they had in weeks, found greater defensive energy and shot 41.7% from three before sitting the starters for most of the fourth quarter.\u00a0Steph Curry <\/b>couldn’t escape mismatches. The Warriors, down Draymond Green<\/b>, Jonathan Kuminga <\/b>and others, couldn’t hit ant shots — finishing 34.8% from the field.<\/p>\n