Celtics add to their reputation as a team that loves to make things hard on itself

BOSTON – Compared with some of the Boston Celtics’ recent home-court playoff collapses, Tuesday night was far from the most dramatic.It didn’t exceed Bobby Portis scoring a game-winning put-back layup after Marcus Smart and Jaylen Brown collided while trying to rebound a missed free throw. It didn’t top Trae Young completing a double-digit comeback with a pull-up 3-pointer in the final seconds and then walking down the court letting the TD Garden crowd know how cold he was. It didn’t surpass Mikal Bridges snatching the ball away from Brown on Boston’s final possession to seal a huge Knicks comeback.Advertisement