Neemias Queta explains Celtics death sentence in Game 2 upset
Celtics center Neemias Queta wasn't shy about the fact that the Green Team lost Game 2 against the Sixers in the second quarter.
BOSTON — The Boston Celtics weren't exactly left scratching their heads following a 111-97 loss to the Philadelphia 76ers on Tuesday night at TD Garden. They knew when they dropped Game 2 of the first-round playoff series. In the second quarter, the C's allowed 37 points and the Sixers connected on 8 of their 11 shots from beyond the arc in that span.
Conversely, the Celtics scored 26 points and hit just 1 of their 8 attempts from 3-point land while shooting a mediocre 42 percent from the floor. Those 37 points were the most the Celtics have let up in a single quarter in the playoffs since Game 6 of the 2025 Eastern Conference Semifinals, in which the Green Team fell 119-81 to the New York Knicks after surrendering a 38-point second quarter. Neemias Queta maintained that the Celtics will watch film and look at what went wrong: “We’ll be better next game and bounce back.
” pic. twitter. com/w3V5UXiz1u — Daniel Donabedian (@danield1214) April 22, 2026 "I think in the second quarter everything went wrong," Celtics center Neemias Queta admitted inside an almost empty locker room.
"Allowing 37 points in a quarter in the playoffs — that's your death sentence. So, we should be a lot better. " Although Queta said that he couldn't expand on the specific issues that plagued the Celtics without watching film first, he did mention a few vague areas where they struggled.