Ex-Celtics Forward Suggests Reason For Failed 2010 NBA Finals Run

Ex-Celtics Forward Suggests Reason For Failed 2010 NBA Finals Run

Ex-Celtics Forward Suggests Reason For Failed 2010 NBA Finals Run The Boston Celtics came inches short — four points to be exact

— of defeating the Los Angeles Lakers in the 2010 NBA Finals, which

can be attributed to a number of reasons.

Former NBA All-Star Rasheed Wallace, a member of that 2010 squad, suggested that there was one primary cause for why the team

fell short — and it wasn’t a result of any injury or failure to execute on the floor. Wallace believes it was all self-inflicted and started

well before Boston took the floor in Los Angeles for Game 7 that night.

“We came up on the short end, in my opinion, because of some personal (expletive), but we could’ve had it,” Wallace said on Underdog

Fantasy’s NBA podcast. “We was right there, great game, just think about it. Most Game 7’s, it’s gonna be, not necessarily a blowout, but it ain’t gonna be that close.”

Wallace added: “They had, for some reason, they had prior beef. That team had prior beef before I got there — between their major

guys. I don’t know what the cause of it was or whatever.”

Wallace’s analysis of the Celtics’ shortcomings is similar to information that was leaked from the Boston locker room many years ago.

The reported hatred started to surface in 2012 when Ray Allen, the first domino to fall and signal the end of the

“Big Three,” left and joined the Miami Heat.

In addition to voicing concerns about the organization’s tardiness in resolving his outstanding contract status, Allen was also

connected to an inside conflict with fellow Celtic Rajon Rondo. Numerous incidents in the years that followed,

such Allen’s exclusion from a 2008 team reunion hosted by Rondo, supported that theory.

The rumored year-long feud was further stoked in 2018 when

Allen was not present for the TD Garden rafters’ retirement of Paul Pierce’s jersey number.

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