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The lessons learned today will be a little bit different. There won’t be many Xs and Os breakdowns, nor will they be heavily clip-heavy.

I thought this would be a great place to share some thoughts that I have. As always, I’m interested in hearing everyone’s viewpoint in the comments section.

When playing the Orlando Magic, the Boston Celtics dropped their fourth straight game.

But the problem isn’t the loss. Dropping games for the team is to be expected. What’s concerning is that Boston’s performance in this game was a regression as old habits reared their ugly heads.

The Miami Heat’s physical play style immediately comes to mind when considering how they routinely outscore the Celtics.

They take Boston apart, get in their face, and make them look foolish. Orlando had the same plan in mind going into the Friday match.

“Did it take effort, toughness, or execution?” Joe Mazzulla inquired following the match. “I don’t want to comment on it because I don’t know which one it was, but it’s frustrating when you have empty possession after empty possession and they end up scoring on open threes and offensive rebounds.”

The Magic played with no fear. They fought through switches, got physical, and bullied the Celtics into a defeat.

You can’t escape it; the Celtics shrunk as the game wore on. Orlando imposed their physicality onto Boston, and Mazzulla’s squad had little push-back.I get it.

The Celtics roster has so much top-end talent allowing them to run a read-and-react offense is the best way to incorporate so many skillsets.

When the team is in rhythm and playing at pace, running a free-flow system makes sense.

During Boston’s second game of the season against the New York Knicks, Mazzula demonstrated a well-stocked playbook that gave his team a consistent advantage.

Why did the Celtics choose not to use those tactics when playing Orlando? Will we truly rely solely on exceptional isolation play throughout the season, much like we did with threes the previous time around?

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Boston Celtics’ star develops a strain

In the Celtics 113-96 loss to the Magic, Orlando was able to bully ball Boston, turning an eight-point deficit into a blowout. And to add injury to insult, Kristaps Porzingis left the game midway through the third quarter and did not return.

Porzingis’ lower body injury history might cause the medical staff to air on the side of caution. In 2018, his All-Star season was cut short by an ACL tear.

Two years later, he tore his meniscus as a Dallas Maverick. Most recently, he had to decline a chance to represent Latvia in the FIBA World Cup with a bout of plantar fasciitis over the summer.

The seven-footer insists that his two major injuries were contact-related and that’s unfortunately a part of the sport.

In his first healthy season and his last in D.C., Porzingis played in 65 games for the Wizards and averaged 23 points and 8 rebounds in nearly 33 minutes per game.

After the game, Porzingis told The Globe that he doesn’t believe the calf strain is too serious, but the team will perform an MRI to rule out anything concerning after he felt a tweak. He finished the game with 9 points and 4 rebounds.

The Celtics will be back at TD Garden for a Sunday matinee game against the Hawks, a must-win versus the Bulls on Tuesday if they want to advance in the In-Season Tournament, and then have three days off before facing Joel Embiid and 76ers on Friday night.