Celtics ☘️ Sentinel

  The good news? The Celtics are back. After a long 2 and a half months with the bitter taste of an Eastern Conference Finals loss, we finally were able to watch some Celtics basketball last night. I'll never complain about that The bad news? It's just the preseason. After the most unprecedented season in NBA history, the 20-21 season promises to be strange as well. Some teams haven't played a competitive game in over 9 months, while the Lakers and Heat finished play about 2 months ago. Also, a shortened training camp for everyone never helps, especially rookies trying to find their footing in the league. The beginning of this season is going to be a roller coaster for every team, not just the Celtics. Regardless, let's take a look at some numbers from the C's game against Philly last night. Yes, this is an incredibly small sample size, and yes, it's still the preseason, so everything here should be taken with a pound of salt, but let's work with what we hav...

Aside from Daniel Theis' brilliantly-timed, clutch block last night in Boston's 109-106 win over the Hawks, a major factor in the victory was the Celtics 62 points scored in the paint compared to Atlanta's 34. This is a new trend for the Guys in Green - and it is a good one. The Celtics shot a poor 24% (6-of-25) beyond the arc, and they abandoned their live-or-die-by-the-3 stand - and took it into the paint. For the season, Boston ranks 13th in the NBA for percentage of points scored in the paint (43.5%). That has started to dramatically change. Season: ranked 13th - 43.5% Last 9 games - ranked 8th Last 5 games - ranked 5th Last 4 games - ranked 4th Last 3 games - ranked 3rd (51.4%) great, the team loses the lead and suddenly they feel like they need to jack up wild shots. WTF? Stay to simple Celtics basketball. Get a stop and then keep going into the paint. Repeat. It's not that hard — Brother Andrej (@BriGGySmaLLzb) January 13, 2019 The Celtics also outrebou...