Boston Celtics star Jaylen Brown explains the what went wrong defensively to allow Amen Thompson and the Houston Rockets a win at the buzzer

Boston nearly pulled off a great win, but fell for the seventh time this season after leading by at least 10 points.

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This should have been The Luke Kornet Game. After finding out shortly before gametime that he’d be starting against the surging Rockets, Kornet played a season-high 33 minutes and had everything going.

The Celtics played without Derrick White, Sam Hauser and Al Horford, giving an opportunity for players deeper on Boston’s bench to shore up the rotation. Despite plenty of mixing and matching by Mazzulla against an elite opponent, the results were largely underwhelming.

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Boston has lost nine games this season where it had the lead in the fourth quarter (which equals last year's mark in half the games).