Before family and friends could even settle into their seats for a nice Christmas dinner, the Boston Celtics were down by a score of 13-0. They started out sluggish and they ended sluggish. The Celtics streak ended in Orlando on Christmas day by a score of 86-78. A big three-pointer by Jameer Nelson with a little over a minute left was the dagger to Celtic fans on Christmas day. Nelson finished 3-9 from the field for 12 points. The story of the day was Brandon Bass off the bench for the Magic. The Celtics had no answer all day for him. Bass finished with 21 points, 9 rebounds, and one assist. The Celtics struggled from the field other than KG. Nate Robinson did not play as a point guard today and that really hurt the Celtics. He was looking to shoot instead of looking for his teammates. At one point, Nate was shooting 1-12 from the field. That is a lot of shots for what should be a pass first point guard in a well-rounded Celtic lineup. It looked promising by the end of the first half for the Celtics, but the Magic never fell out of sync. Stan Van Gundy said his team will win if they continued to work hard during his halftime rant shown on ABC and that is exactly what they did. Dwight Howard did not have his best game offensively, but he frusterated Celtic players all day with his superb defense. Howard had five swats on the afternoon. This is only the fifth loss for the Celtics this year. They will surely come out with a chip on their shoulders when they take the court for their next game.
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