One loss doesn't make or break a series, but all this talk about the Celtics "wanting it more" is troublesome.

Even if they did not all die in the epidemic, the loss of any large number might break, it seemed, the communal will to live.

When he did, loss broke him a long moment.

And a loss now will break the back of Scotland.

It was here he raised three daughters, and here a tragic loss broke his heart.

The Cavs' 25th straight loss breaks the record that the franchise set from 1982 to 1983.

For the Islanders, the loss broke a streak of five games without a defeat.

And the loss of that will break the movie.

The loss broke a winning streak at five for the Cardinals (14-3).

The loss was the first in 11 home games this season for Houston and broke the team's seven-game winning streak.