The Celtics are facing a self-made obstacle, one they should be able to remove from their path just as quickly as they erected it.

The Boston Celtics have struggled for consistency since December. Joe Mazzulla's team is 17-12 over its last 29 games, meaning they're hovering dangerously closer to being a .500 team for almost half of the season so far.

The stats say the Celtics have been one of the NBA’s best teams since mid-December. Their record says otherwise. What’s the problem? Joe Mazzulla had a simple and obvious explanation.

On Monday night, the Boston Celtics played the Houston Rockets (at home). They lost by a score of 114-112. Amen Thompson made the game-winning shot with less

Those last two plays are on me. Those are my fault.” Joe Mazzulla pointed the finger at himself after the Celtics dropped a 114-112 thriller to the Rockets on Monday night.

Boston Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla has opted to shoulder the blame for the decisive final two plays in his team's latest loss, a 114-112 defeat at the hands

When Boston needed a stop, the calls the Celtics coach made proved disastrous, and afterward took responsibility for the loss: "I didn't help them close it at the end."

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Joe Mazzulla can only blame himself for the overthinking as the Celtics blundered on defense in their loss to the Rockets.

Joe Mazzulla said it would be "discrediting" the Clippers to think the Celtics should have easily won Wednesday. Read more on Boston.com.

The proposed trade would send the former second-round pick to the Boston Celtics, improving their wing depth ahead of the postseason.