What might be most inexcusable about Tuesday night’s disheartening loss to the Bulls was the Celtics had been in Chicago more than 48 hours before tipoff, well-rested and allegedly refocused on improving defensively.

The Celtics lost all three games on a road trip they tabbed important, all by double figures.

“We’re going to keep searching, this team is not a good team right now,” he (Doc Rivers) said. “It’s who we are right now. I’ve been saying that. This is who we are. We’re a .500 team and we play like that. We’ve won two games in a row [once this] season. Right now we’re not a good team. We’re going to find it, but we’re not right now.”

via Gary Washburn of the Boston Globe