5 Reasons the Celtics Should have lost to New Jersey:

5. For some reason they let Eddie House shoot 3s even though Eddie House is not interested in doing much else.

4. The C's missed 15 shots in a row in the first half.

3. The Truth hot 29% from the floor. As a team they shot only 34.3%

2. The C's were 0-13 from deep until Pierce and Delonte West nailed back-to-back 3s in the closing seconds of the game.

1. Eddie House, a 93% free throw shooter (27-29 heading into yesterday) missed one down the stretch.