Should we blame the NBA Cup for the Boston Celtics looking rusty this week?

Should we blame the NBA Cup for the Boston Celtics looking rusty this week? The Celtics morphed from world-beaters when they were winning 10 of their last 12 games to a mediocre ball club in their last two contests, a road loss to the Milwaukee Bucks and a home defeat at the hands of the Detroit Pistons.

The main difference between the first chunk of games and the most recent? A breakneck pace of games to create space for the NBA Cup to play out around the league in the first chunk of games, and huge, multi-day gaps between contests for the Celtics, once again to facilitate Cup play.

The hosts of the CLNS Media “How Bout Them Celtics!” podcast, Jack Simone and Sam LaFrance, took some time on a recent episode of their show to talk over how much blame ought to be assigned to the scheduling committee of the Association. Check it out below!

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