The NBA takes Thanksgiving. Gordon Hayward hopes that Boston Celtics in trouble will enjoy a vacation to reflect on their position as a team.

"Tomorrow may be a good day to think a little," Hayward said Wednesday night after the Celtics were relegated to the background and the Boston crowd booed them in defeat. against the New York Knicks.

The Celtics have lost three consecutive records and seven of their last 10 games, a high in the season. So, what is wrong with this team that is among the favorites of the Eastern Conference? Everything, according to coach Brad Stevens.

"That's a lot of things," said Stevens. "We have a multitude of problems to solve."

Boston's defense is still solid: second in the standings, third in the points standings, third in the goals percentage, according to NBA.com.

However, the Celtics are struggling to find the offensive consistency they enjoyed last season. Hayward and Kyrie Irving are in good health, giving Boston its full arsenal, but the Celtics are 25th in goals, 27th in the offensive standings and 29th in the team goal percentage.

"We are not playing with the same personality as last year and it's the easiest way to describe it.The 50,000 numbers are lower than that," Stevens said. "I just do not know we're so good, maybe it's not an awakening if you keep getting beaten up."

New York took an eight point lead after the first quarter. After pushing the two-digit lead early in the second, the Knicks took control of the mark with a 17-5 try to go from front to 57-31, with about 3 minutes left. and half until half-time. That's when the boos started.

"It was really ugly, it's scary to see we're playing hard," said Irving.

"I think it's tiring at this point, when we show flashes of genius, we put ourselves in a deep hole and we come back constantly, and we can not play like that."

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