Kristaps Porzingis says about recording after ugly Raptors loss

The Celtics have struggled with consistency over the past month, and that trend continued Wednesday night in Toronto. Boston fell in ugly fashion to one of the worst teams in the NBA, with the Raptors defeating the Celtics 110-97 at Scotiabank Arena.

Boston was fully healthy and rested with two days off since the win over the Pelicans on Sunday. Still, they collapsed in the second half, allowing the Raptors to shoot 73 percent entering the third quarter and mustering just 15 points in the fourth quarter, opening the door for the hosts to pull away from the win.

After the loss, the Celtics are now 2-3 in their last five games with three double-digit losses in that stretch. Still, Kristaps Porzingis had harsh words describing his team’s effort after falling to a 10-31 Raptors squad.

“I think we played without spirit, without personality,” Porzingis told reporters in Toronto. “It’s just a poor performance to be honest, we’re just playing with no personality right now.”

Porzingis was one of the few offensive bright spots in the loss for Boston, scoring 18 points on 7-of-11 shooting, including 4-of-5 from 3-point range. However, Boston shot just 39.6 percent as a team with All-Stars Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown combining for 26 points on 32 percent shooting.

Porzingis struggled to find the reason for the team’s recent slump (7-7 in the last 14 games), but put it on the players to solve the consistency problem.

“I don’t know, honestly,” Porzingis said. “I think we just have to individually look at ourselves, where we can improve, what we need to do better, are we fit? Are we this? Are we good? Are we locked mentally and then try to fix some of the things we’re going through, but it’s not the end of the world, like every team has ups and downs. Just that it feels like s*** right now, and we played some bad basketball.”

Given the team’s success and chemistry last season, Porzingis admitted he was a bit surprised Boston is facing a heat like this.

“We just, we just go up and down,” Porzingis explained. “It’s weird to say, like us, we have like high character people here, but it’s just that things don’t go our way. We’re a step slow here, there, this, just no spirit, no personality.”

The seven-footer remained confident that Boston will be able to turn things around, but the road there will be challenging for the defending champions. Boston begins a five-game, seven-night stretch on Friday in Boston against the Magic and begins a West Coast road trip on Monday at Golden State. The Celtics’ next seven opponents are likely to be playoff teams, which will put Boston’s recent decline into focus. Porzingis isn’t panicking, but knows the team can expect to turn things around when the playoffs roll around.

“Nobody likes to point fingers and stuff like that, but we know we’ll get past this,” Porzingis said. “I know, we know, but we’ve got to start, we’ve got to start playing better and we just can’t keep crossing and expect to just turn it up towards the end so it’s in our hands. “

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