It became obvious in the Celtics 122-113 loss to the Indiana Pacers last night. Boston's bench was outscored by the opponent's subs 47-19. Marcus Smart was out with an eye infection - Jaylen Brown fouled out, and Gordon Hayward suffered a game-ending facial injury. That's all that Indiana needed to take the game away from Boston. Weird Game Weird Injury Weird Coaching With the Celtics in control late in the third here was Brad’s lineup: Ojeleye Kanter Wanamaker Green Tatum 🤔 — Celtics ☘️Canada🇨🇦 🏀 (@CelticsCanada) December 12, 2019 This has been a season-long issue for the Celtics. With a 17-6 record after 23 games, they are second-to-last (29th) in the League in points scored by the bench. The Boston subs are only contributing 27.1 points per game. Compare that figure to the top-ranked Clippers whose bench puts up 52.0 points/game. That's the issue. I recently proposed that Danny Ainge should at least make an inquiry about the Washington Wizards' sharpshoo...
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