The Boston Celtics are off to a slow start amid high expectations this season. Head coach Brad Stevens took the blame for his team's poor record so far.

Per Sean Highkin of Bleacher Report, right after their 100-94 loss against the Portland Trail Blazers, Stevens said:

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The loss is their second in a row and brought their standing to 7-6. While the Celtics have a decent 3-1 home record, they have a 4-5 win-loss record on the road. On their disappointing road-trip, Stevens said, per Joshua Schrock of NESN:

“And we spent a lot of time in desperation time on this trip, it’s been a disappointing trip. You find your flow by making the next right play, that’s it. When you’re in the game you have a job to do on that possession, you do it. And then, if you do it over and over again, you have a good team.

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Jayson Tatum led his team with 27 points on 9-of-18 shooting, along with five makes from downtown on nine attempts. He also had eight rebounds. Kyrie Irving had 21 markers on 9-of-24 shooting. As a team, the Celtics shot just 38.7 percent from the field.

The Blazers were up by a huge margin as the game went into halftime, 54-37, though come the fourth quarter, the Celtics went on a 13-2 run.

However, the Blazers managed to pull out a victory thanks to various contributions from All-Stars CJ McCollum and Damian Lillard, who had 14 and 19 points, respectively. Jusuf Nurkic also had a good night with 18 points and 17 rebounds.

This ends the Celtics' five-game road trip, a trip they ended with a 1-4 record. They will head back home to face the Chicago Bulls on Wednesday.