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Justin Quinn

Grant Williams’ Celtics teammates supportive despite epic failure at the line in Cavs loss

The Boston Celtics have had an awful habit of starting out games against their opponents strong, only to collapse late in the contest, send it to overtime, and then lose the tilt.

And in Monday’s 118-114 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers in extra time, reserve forward Grant Williams managed to find a way to make the trend of late losses even worse. Somehow, the Tennessee alum managed to get himself to the free throw line at the end of regulation with time nearly expired, only needing to make one of two attempts at the stripe to seal the win for Boston. To make matters worse, he reportedly told Cavs star Donovan Mitchell he would make each of his free throws.

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