Miscellaneous
The Celtics finished their recent 5 game homstand with a record of 2-3 and had many including GM Danny Ainge starting to question if he had made the right decisions when it came to how he assembled the team and if a move or 2 might need to be made. It caused the players themselves to have a players only meeting as the players themselves were starting to admit deep down the team was no headed in the right direction even though some didnt have it in them to say it publicly to the media while others did. The Celtics 1st game after all these comments were made by the team, staff, coaching and management saw the Celtics take on the runner up in last years Western Conference Finals in the Denver Nuggets. The Celtics came away with a 112-99 win over the Nuggets despite the Nuggets getting 43 points from MVP candidate Nikola Jokic. The Celtics won the battle of the benches 30-14 which made all the difference in this battle of 2 of last years final 4 teams in the NBA Playoffs. The Celtics would then host the Atlanta Hawks in a 2 game mini series to finish off the 3 game homestand. This would give the Celtics a chance to face a team that some have said Danny Ainge should have some trade discussions with.