Editorial Standards \u24d8<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\tA lot went wrong for the Celtics Tuesday night, with missed three-pointers being the bulk of the problem in a 111-97 loss against the Philadelphia 76ers. However, the fans showed up, they were loud and while it wasn’t the game they wanted, they’re ready for Game 3 in Philly.\u201cNothing comes easy in Boston. We’re used to it. It’s the Philadelphia 76ers. Who doesn’t love a little adversity coming from Boston?\u201d one fan said. \u201cIt\u2019s Game 2. We like a little adversity here in Boston, so they’re all gonna fall in down the line. Let’s win three in a row and get it done,\u201d another fan said. While the energy was low leaving the Garden, fans are confident this team is coming back to Boston for a series-winning Game 5.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
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A lot went wrong for the Celtics Tuesday night, with missed three-pointers being the bulk of the problem in a 111-97 loss against the Philadelphia 76ers. <\/p>\n
However, the fans showed up, they were loud and while it wasn’t the game they wanted, they’re ready for Game 3 in Philly.<\/p>\n
\u201cNothing comes easy in Boston. We’re used to it. It’s the Philadelphia 76ers. Who doesn’t love a little adversity coming from Boston?\u201d one fan said. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s Game 2. We like a little adversity here in Boston, so they’re all gonna fall in down the line. Let’s win three in a row and get it done,\u201d another fan said. <\/p>\n
While the energy was low leaving the Garden, fans are confident this team is coming back to Boston for a series-winning Game 5.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fans disappointed in Celtics loss, eager for Game 3 in Philadelphia Updated: 10:06 PM EDT Apr 21, 2026…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":172428,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[14710,3618,15342,69,71,70,11929,8401,11621,7176],"class_list":{"0":"post-172427","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-philadelphia","8":"tag-celtics","9":"tag-game","10":"tag-loss","11":"tag-philadelphia","12":"tag-philadelphia-headlines","13":"tag-philadelphia-news","14":"tag-score","15":"tag-sixers","16":"tag-team","17":"tag-win"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172427","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=172427"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172427\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/172428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=172427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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