Honestly I know many people are wrist slitting about this loss but I'm not as upset about it. We lost Baynes, Smart, were without Hayward, got juked on free throw attempts to the tune of 43-16 where they got 39 points (26 more than us) at the line and it took a couple of defensive miscommunications at the end and a last second Butler circus 3 to beat us. I can live with them, including Kyrie, missing shots at the end. The main thing I think they need to fix is the defensive lapses at the end, the Sixers got 6 points uncontested at the rim in the last 3 minutes because of those switching miscommunications. Those have plagued our team all season and put a blemish on what is otherwise a good team defense for us. I still think we beat these guys in a 7 game series, home court advantage or no.
And that free throw disparity, Ainge should be sending the league a "please explain" on that.