- ABC News
- May 20, 2018
CLEVELAND -- Boston Celtics guard Terry Rozier believes his team got a much-needed wake-up call during Saturday's lopsided Game 3 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference finals. The Cavaliers jumped Boston early en route to a 116-86 triumph that narrowed the Celtics' series lead to 2-1. Rozier hinted that the Celtics might have gotten a little too content after taking the first two games of the series in Boston. "We needed to get our butts whooped," he said. "Come back to reality and take care of business on Monday." Added Rozier: "I feel like we needed this to get us back, to get us ready for Monday." The Cavaliers blitzed Boston at the start of Saturday's game, and the Celtics never matched Cleveland's intensity. Even more damning, Boston never made one of its familiar late-game charges, seemingly accepting that the Cavaliers were the dominant team on this night. "It just shows that, when you don't bring it as a team and you...