For two years, it seemed the Celtics were immune to adversity, and on the off chance they hit a turbulent patch - such as the puzzling stretch in which they couldn’t win a road game in the 2008 playoffs or the 25 games they played without Kevin Garnett last season - they dealt with it. (Full article: 678 words)

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