The incorporation of Jrue Holiday catapulted the Boston Celtics as one of the great contenders for the ring, also serving as a response to the star movement of the summer by their greatest rival in the East: the transfer of the Milwaukee Bucks for Damian Lillard.
The bet has returned an immediate response, as the Celtics have the best record in the entire NBA (11-2) and lead the competition in Net Rating. For his part, Holiday has focused almost exclusively on limiting the rival offensive arsenal, which has allowed Boston to position itself as the best defense in the league.
However, Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla will seek to ‘turn things up’ and has asked Holiday to be more incisive in attack. He ‘guard’ He is only averaging 12.9 points per game at the start of the season, his lowest scoring figure since his rookie year. Holiday proved to be decisive, also in attack, during his stay in Milwaukee, something they now want him to replicate in Boston.
“I told him: ‘I saw you take the reins with the Bucks when other players were away and win games because of what you did on both sides of the court,'” Mazzulla stated, according to the media. The Boston Globe. Currently, up to four players are scoring more points than Holiday: Jayson Tatum (26.9), Kristaps Porzingis (22.0), Jaylen Brown (19.8) and Derrick White (13.6).
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2023-11-20 19:00:00
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