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12 photos summarizing the Celtics' awful night


Friday's Game 2 between the Cavaliers and the Celtics was not good basketball. It wasn't good for fans who wanted a competitive game, it wasn't good for the league if these are the two best teams out of the Eastern Conference and it definitely wasn't good for the Celtics, who set the wrong kind of record with their 44-point loss.

With a record-breaking deficit at the half as well, even Isaiah Thomas might want to rethink his claim that the Cavs aren't the Monstars - the crazy good Space Jam villains.

Sure, there were some great plays - mostly from Cleveland parading its dominance - but with such an unbelievably lopsided score, the story of Game 2 might best be told through photos. So here are 12 good ones summarizing the Celtics' dismal night.

At first, it was OK. The Celtics were only down 11-10.

(Adam Glanzman/Getty Images)

But then it escalated quickly.

(AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

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(Adam Glanzman/Getty Images)

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(Tim Bradbury/Getty Images)

(AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

(Photo by Adam Glanzman/Getty Images)