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Grant Williams only had to make one free throw for the Celtics to beat the Cavs. Instead he missed both.
The Boston Celtics have owned the best record in the NBA for almost the entire season, but the team is suddenly starting to slip after the All-Star break. Boston’s struggles in the symbolic second half continued on Monday night when they lost the Cleveland Cavaliers, 118-114, in overtime. It’s the third straight loss for the Celtics, and their fourth loss in the last five games.
The loss was especially rough for Grant Williams.

James, nursing a foot injury, is making ample use of his suddenly light schedule.
Nursing a foot injury suffered during the Lakers‘ 111–108 comeback win over the Mavericks on Feb. 26, Los Angeles forward LeBron James has plenty of time on his hands.
On Monday night, James gave fans a window into his thinking with an unusually candid tweet about the state of the NBA. In a blast to his 52.8 million followers, the league’s all-time leading scorer opined that his son, Sierra Canyon (Calif.

Nearly two years after killing a man, former Michigan State star point guard and NBA player Keith Appling received up to 40 years in state prison after pleading guilty to a second-degree murder charge.
Appling received his official sentence on Friday (Mar. 3) from Wayne County Judge Michael Hathaway, sentencing Appling to 18 to 40 years in prison. The former basketball player will serve two additional years for a felony firearms charge.
On Feb. 13, Appling pled guilty to the two charges. Days after, Appling attempted to withdraw from the murder plea, but Judge Hawaway denied the motion.

The Celtics forward spoke too soon with the game on the line Monday night.
On any given night, any NBA player can leave an arena as the hero after making a game-winning play. But, in the case of Celtics forward Grant Williams, that opportunity resulted in anything but a storybook ending during Monday’s overtime road loss to the Cavaliers.
The hotly contested matchup came down to the wire, with the score tied, 109–109, with 5.1 seconds left in regulation.