Why Zach Lowe isn’t ‘concerned’ about the Celtics’ ugly slump

After that The Boston Celtics lost to the Toronto Raptors110-97, it added to the rumblings of the team’s massive slump after its championship season. As some in the basketball media say, for example Shaquille O’Neal says the Celtics aren’t the best team in the Eastern Conference and fell from them, NBA analyst Zach Lowe is not one of them.

Lowe would post on social media, particularly X, formerly Twitter, where he shared his whereabouts “I don’t care” about Boston’s recent lackluster performances, especially after being upset by Toronto. He would say that in addition to the “championship hangover,” there are several players who don’t shoot up to their standards and lack “a versatile perimeter backup.”

“I’m not worried about the Celtics yet — this stretch reeks of midseason weakness — but it’s very, very important to note that they deserve to lose when they’re wearing the awful jerseys they wore last night,” Lowe wrote. “The basketball gods noticed.”

“The biggest concern for the Celtics is the top of the East/road to the Finals looks a lot tougher than last season,” Lowe continued. “On top of that (and championship hangover) a few guys also haven’t been shooting + a few nights when they could use another versatile perimeter backup.” No worries.”

Boston is 2-3 in its last five games and looking at the loss to the Raptors, it was an ugly stat as players like Jayson Tatum and Jailen Brown had 16 and 10 points respectively in negative shooting nights.

Several Celtics players are talking about the “s***” they’re going through

Celtic star Kristaps Porzingis was the best in the starting lineup as he finished with 18 points on seven-of-11 shooting from the field, but he wasn’t thrilled with the team’s play, using an NSFV response to share your message.

“Tonight is s**t right now, and we played bad basketball,” Porzingis told The Boston Globe.

Even with how he feels about the loss, Porzingis would go out of his way to say the team isn’t “panic” according to Justin Turpin.

“If we were in a panic, I wouldn’t tell you,” Porzingis said. “But we didn’t.” But right now we’re in a bad moment, for sure… We have to be honest and look at ourselves individually.”

For the Celtics to get back to their winning ways, they need to get out of the shooting slump they’re in against the Raptors, shooting 39.6 percent from the field and 34.8 percent from three-point range. It starts with Tatum and the other stars because he admits they are “going through some s***” according to John Karalis of the Boston Sports Journal.

“We’re going through some s**t right now,” Tatum said. “It’s difficult, but after the game we said that we have to go through it together, as much as we can, stick together.

anyway, It’s the Celtics 28-12 which puts them in second place in the Eastern Conference as they host the Orlando Magic on Friday night.