January 4 News Today in the NBA regular season, the Celtics lost 117-150 to the Thunder in an away game.
After the game, the head coach of the Celtics, Mazula, was interviewed and said of the loss: "This may not be the most popular statement, but if you want to achieve what we want to accomplish, you have to go through some bad things, no matter what it means.
You’re good or you’re bad. So we’ve got to live with it, and we’re going to judge ourselves by how we handle it."
At present, the Celtics have suffered a two-game losing streak, ranking first in the Eastern Conference with 26 wins and 12 losses, but only 0.5 wins ahead of the Nets.