Not a pretty night for New England sports on Monday evening. The Patriots and Celtics lost to sub .500 teams on the same night for the first time since November 1991 per Elias Sports. While the Patriots game wasn't pretty by any means, most of you were probably lucky to miss out on the Celtics' first true stinker of the season, where a 24-2 second quarter run essentially ended the game early for the Kyrie-less visitors.
From the Patriots' standpoint, I'm a bit shocked at the fact that the No. 3 seed is suddenly in play now if things go south in Pittsburgh. The Jaguars are 9-4 (I had to double check that too) and have a pretty easy schedule to close things out before a showdown with the Titans during Week 17. If they win out and the Patriots lose one game over the next three, that means no bye week for the Pats. Just some added motivation for the team for Sunday's huge showdown in Pittsburgh.
And away we go...
CATCHING UP
Celtics
BSJ Game Report: Bulls 108, Celtics 85; First stinker of the season
Live coverage of the blowout loss
Kyrie Irving missed Monday's game vs. Bulls with a quad contusion
Video: B-Robb talking Jayson Tatum, Gordon Hayward on Boston25
Patriots
Bedard: Don't panic, Patriots will be restocked for Steelers showdown
Miami's dual threat Kenyan Drake powers Dolphins offense past Patriots
Third-and-miserable: Patriots offense can't sustain any drives in loss to Miami
Podcast: Bedard on Patriots postgame show 12.12.17
Podcast: Price talks Patriots-Dolphins with NBC Sports Radio 12.12.17
BSJ Game Report: Dolphins 27, Patriots 20 — Rare late-season clunker
Video: Tom Brady breaks down Monday night loss to Miami
Video: Duron Harmon talks about the loss to the Dolphins
South Florida surprise: Dolphins upend Patriots, 27-20
Red Sox
Red Sox Notebook: Dombrowski insists Bradley not being shopped; Wright waits; and price of leadership
McAdam: Red Sox failed to be aggressive enough in Stanton talks
Live Chat: McAdam at Winter Meetings
Bruins
Bruins Notes: McQuaid participating in full practice
Pros and cons of using seven defensemen
ON TAP
11 a.m.: Bruins practice, Warrior Ice Arena (McDonald)
Noon: Patriots conference calls (Price)
PARTING THOUGHT
Well played NBC Chicago...
Bobby Portis and Nikola Mirotic was a nice "1-2 punch" for the #Bulls tonight according to this graphic.... pic.twitter.com/sS0CrvccmY
— Def Pen Hoops (@DefPenHoops) December 12, 2017
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