BOSTON — If they are to rebound from their first two-game losing streak of the postseason and fight off elimination, the Celtics will have to summon a level of energy that wasn’t apparent at the end of their Game 5 loss on Monday night.
Ime Udoka has admitted that after four rounds and 24 games of playoff basketball, compounded by an increased minutes load for his regulars, the Celtics probably showed the result of fatigue that night.
“It could be a fatigue thing,” he said after Wednesday’s practice. “We’d like to get those guys a little bit more rest and have some fresh bodies coming off the bench to keep them fresh at the end of the game. You look at all those things, as far as rotations, lineups.”
