Despite an impressive, unbeaten opening week to the season, Jayson Tatum was far from satisfied. His first career NBA Finals appearance taught him what championship standards look like, and he knew the Celtics had a lot of work to do to reach those heights.
Monday night proved it.
On a frustrating night in Chicago, the Celtics’ biggest weaknesses were exposed in their first loss of the season. Their defense continued to be nonexistent, they were smoked on the boards and their tendency to whine about the officiating haunted them, as both Joe Mazzulla and Grant Williams were ejected. The Celtics couldn’t overcome any of it in an ugly 120-102 loss to the Bulls.
