I Boston Celtics they redefine the concept of “we took good shots, we missed them”, closing with 4 out of 42 three-point shooting in the defeat for 91-82 at home at TD Garden against LA Clippers, without Paul George and Reggie Jackson.
9.5% from beyond the arc for Boston, in turn with many absences starting with Jayson Tatum but who manages to touch a new one season fund which risks becoming really bitter. Jaylen Brown he tries to put the team on his shoulders and a match comes out of 30 points with 36 shots, e 1 in 13 from three points. Only Robert Williams scores with good percentages (16 points and 14 rebounds, with 8 out of 10 shooting), but his performance is the only thing to save in a nightmare night.
Heavy home defeat that follows another heavy home defeat, the one against the Timberwolves without Towns, Russell and Edwards. THE Clippers they are certainly not in better shape senza George, Jackson, Nic Batum, Kawhi Leonard, Isaiah Hartenstein e Brandon Boston Jr, but they send 4 men in double figures including the ex of the day Marcus Morris e Eric Bledsoe, Luke Kennard closes with 5 triples to target.
Boston scores 40 points in the first half but with 8 minutes left in the game is even ahead (74-73 from Jaylen Brown’s basket). From there to the end he scores only 8 points and Morris, Bledsoe and Terance Mann can close the conversation.
“We missed a lot of good shots“So Brown”They got into the area but the shots were not lacking… we didn’t put them“. In 40 minutes of play, Jaylen Brown closed with zero assist, and among the contributing causes there are the many errors: against the Clippers the Celtics have rewritten in spite of themselves several bad records and NBA firsts.
Boston ha wrong 17 shots in a row in the fourth quarter, hadn’t happened for 25 years. The 82 points scored with 101 attempts they are the worst offensive performance by a team with at least 100 attempts since the three-point shot has existed. For team records alone, Jaylen Brown’s 36 unassisted shots are the worst evidence since Antoine Walker in 1998. The holders of the evening (Williams, Horford, Pritchard, Brown, Langford) finally closed with 1 of 28 from three points.
“We kept our opponents at 91 points, and tried 20 more shots than them. It was a game to win“, Comments coach Ime Udoka. The Boston Celtics (16-19) have lost three straight games and have lost 7 of their last 10.
