Don't blame the refs; Celtics need to be mentally tougher

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Kick and stomp all you want about the officiating, here's the bigger issue for a Celtics team that now finds itself in a 2-1 hole after Friday's whistle-heavy loss to the Milwaukee Bucks: A team that hasn't responded well to adversity finds itself with a very uphill battle in front of it. Through Boston's first five games of the postseason, we were sold that this team had changed its stripes. The Celtics spent most of the season crumbling at the first sign of adversity but found a way to rally back from second-half deficits in each of its first five playoff games, including all games in a first-round sweep of the Indiana Pacers.

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