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Cleveland — Despite appearing to be among the NBA’s greatest teams this year, the Celtics are unable to break some of their negative past practices.

The team’s 11-game winning streak came to an abrupt end on Tuesday night as they lost 105-104, giving up a 22-point lead in the last nine minutes of play to an undermanned Cavaliers team that was missing three players. There will be many of things to criticize from Boston’s 32-6 rally in the fourth quarter, which came after the club appeared to be winning 12 games in a row. But the conclusion raises new doubts about long-standing worries about this team in crucial situations.

With 19.1 seconds remaining in regulation, Dean Wade’s putback slam gave Cleveland a 105-104 lead. Boston next got the ball down one. Jayson Tatum did not try a shot until there were 0.7 seconds remaining in regulation time after that. He hung onto the ball for the following 18 seconds. After the reversal resulted in a jump ball at midcourt with no time remaining on the clock, the Cavs ultimately challenged a foul call on Darius Garland, thereby winning the game.

The sequence represented another instance under Joe Mazzulla in which Boston has restricted its chances to overturn a deficit with a significant amount of regulation remaining.

We need to move more quickly there, Mazzulla stated. “I believed that D-White secured the matchup that we desired.” All we need to do is pick up the pace a bit. In such scenario, you attempt to acquire a few additional items. We simply need to start the game quicker, move more quickly, and attempt to prolong it.