Time to panic?

Paul Pierce tried to take matters into his own hands to put his team into the

win column.

No. Not even close. It's something that's irked me since the opener at TD Garden on Friday with the boo-birds.

The Celtics may be 1-2 on the young season -- and I stress the word young -- and they obviously are not where they want to be. Just ask them. From Doc Rivers, to Jason Terry, Paul Pierce, Rajon Rondo, and Kevin Garnett, each of these individuals have expressed disappointment with how the team has begun the season. When you take into consideration the offseason workouts in California, the overseas trip, and all the chemistry and team bonding that everyone said was taking place, it's a bit of a head scratcher as to why this team is struggling early on.

There's no one area that you can point to and say that that's the reason why this team has looked poor; it has been a combination of multiple things. These things range from turnovers, poor shooting, defense, and surprisingly weak bench production, something that Jason Terry is not proud of.

"We're not even close to where we want to be," Terry said, who scored 8 points in 18 minutes off the bench Saturday. "It's a work in progress. I'm going to stay optimistic. I'm going to score. I'm going to figure it out. Believe me when I tell you, I'm going to continue to shoot the ball and I'm going to take advantage of every opportunity."

The urgency was a problem after the first two games, as Rivers pointed out how he didn't like the team's urgency. After a solid first half in Washington, the Celtics reverted back to their poor performance and almost let one slip away. After the game, many players were upset with many different things. For instance, Courtney Lee was frustrated with his inability to make wide open shots, Pierce called on his teammates to step it up, and Terry's frustration with the bench -- a bench that has been outscored in all three games so far including Saturday's whipping of 62-27 -- all go to show that there is in fact urgency; an urgency that has resulted from poor performance.

We saw the urgency in key moments on Saturday, like Pierce's three with nearly 2 minutes remaining to put the C's ahead for good and Rondo's aggression early on with his on-the-ball defense.

It's clear that some work needs to be done, as Rivers claimed today, "[The team is] probably behind." But the only thing that matters is the Celtics are on a one-game winning streak, and now they have something to build on.

*Quick side note: Ray Allen nearly had as many points -- 23 off the bench including the game-winning 4-point play -- as the entire Celtics bench -- 27 points -- on Saturday night. That's bad.