Boston Celtics guard Avery Bradley was not content with his team's attitude during their Game 2 loss to the Chicago Bulls on Tuesday as their eighth-seeded rivals took a 2-0 lead in the series.
“I looked around and a few times in the game guys were putting their heads down, I think getting down on themselves,” Bradley told ESPN's Chris Forsberg. “But as a team, we have to stay together. The other team is looking at that. They're using that as motivation for themselves.”
The playoffs are a different animal and teams with postseason mettle are able to smell blood and find it, often reaching from within to put their opposition away — the same way the Bulls did throughout the first two games.
“I could even hear Rondo, like, ‘Yeah, they gave up. They gave up.' But you never can let a team see that,” said Bradley. “You have to continue to be positive and go out there and play hard, no matter what the outcome is.”
The Celtics seemed to have lost their edge at times, jacking up three-point attempts in a desperate effort to get back in the game — but as each of them clanked, the Bulls were able to get consistent open looks and draw fouls to widen the margin.
Crowder: "I remember one time they went up 10, and it felt like we tried to get it all back in one play."
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Ace defender Jae Crowder remained optimistic on giving this series another potential twist and stealing homecourt advantage back from the Bulls in the next few days.
“It's not an ideal situation for us,” Crowder said. “You don't put yourself down 0-2 at home, but it's not the end of the world for us. We have the unit to go to Chicago and take Game 3. It's not ideal, but we feel like we can bounce back.”
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