Ray Allen, Paul Pierce and Rajon Rondo discuss strategy during Sunday's loss to the Cavaliers. (AP)

The Celtics repeatedly have mentioned “turning a corner” to get back on a winning track. But with 17 games left in the regular season, how far away is that corner?

“I don’t know, maybe 17 blocks,” Rajon Rondo guesstimated on Friday. “It should be the same zip code.”

Doc Rivers said he has felt his team getting closer, including at times during Sunday’s loss to the Cavaliers. “I told our guys, it’s frustrating for me because I could see in a lot of ways how close we are to breaking out and to being really good,” he told reporters after the game. But the Celtics trailed the Cavs by as many as 17 in the fourth quarter and lost for the third time in four games.

The Celtics are 5-5 in their last 10 contests, a stretch that included a three-game winning streak and a pair of two-game skids. Ray Allen understands the regular season can be a series of ups and downs, the reason why he thinks that corner isn’t that distant.

“I live on an island. I don’t have blocks or anything in the country,“ Ray Allen said. “Any time you have to turn a corner, the corner is a block away. It’s just a block away because once you do something well, you feel like you’ve turned a corner. So it’s never that far away. Just like when you’re good, you’re just teeter-tottering on being bad, vice versa.”

4 Comments for “How close is that corner?”

1. Arnie McNeil Says:
   March 15th, 2010 at 12:37 pm

   The Celtics look old and just keep getting older with the addition of Michael Finley(who I like).Danny should have never traded Walker this kid is going to be good. When you look to the future of the Celtics after the big three who lefyt ( Rondo and Perkins.) I wish Walker was still with the Celtics he is a player. He is what wrong with the Celtics they only have one player that goes toward the offense board and thats Glen Davis. I beleive Sheldon Williams will go toward the offense boards but Doc does not play. When we lost Leon Powe we lost our hard hat player. When there is a rebound the big three just looks at each other thinking the other is going to get the rebound. Nobody box out and look at KG and Wallace they hardly ever jump for a rebound.We need a younger quicker team.

2. james Says:
   March 15th, 2010 at 2:47 pm

   I see us sinking Danny needs to get out of some of these contracts now. Keep Rondo and Perk and move on to the Draft.

3. Steve Says:
   March 20th, 2010 at 10:33 pm

   Looking forward to some posts from all the supremely (un)educated fans who wrote the Celtics off as old,tired, and grey. Realizing they could certainly lose Monday in Utah but they just got in Dallas’ as*, the hottest team in the league, in Dallas no less and off a great game last night in Houston and showed them a thing or two about toughness and defense. Dirk can you hear me ? You think Pierce is feeling better ? He was nothing short of superb as was Perkins, Rondo,Garnett,Allen and Davis. Where are all the haters now ????? Crickets…………………………….

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   August 18th, 2011 at 7:14 am

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