Getting everyone on the same page.

Shira Springer's account of the Celtics' loss to the Jazz last night suggests that the team is having a hard time getting everyone reading from the same script:

In every loss this season (and there are four), the Celtics knew exactly what they needed to do, but failed to execute. As Pierce commented, they often have four players on the same page and another not where he needs to be. Defensive breakdowns inevitably follow.

This is similar to observations made last season when the Celtics rarely found themselves all on the same page. Given that recent history and the final result last night, it was understandable the players did not want to emphasize the positives. If the Celtics were united in anything last night, it was their unwillingness to see silver linings in the defeat.

Or not. Peter May's article says:

[Y]ou take what you can get from affairs like last night's 107-100 setback to the Utah Jazz.

Like, for instance, the "Whoa" game submitted by Rajon Rondo.

As Doc Rivers put it afterward, "I'm always looking for silver linings and that was a big one."

I guess they weren't united in anything.