Chris Forsberg shares four key takeaways from the victory.
Williams III looked spry while logging a mere 21 minutes, 40 seconds of floor time. He still grabbed eight rebounds and produced a block and a steal in that span. His 12 points on 6-of-6 shooting was merely a bonus but confirmed that he is indeed perfect.
The Celtics grabbed 73.4 percent of available defensive rebounds, a solid number and just a bit off their NBA-best mark for the regular season.grabbed nine of those boards and put on a clinic in boxing out. The Celtics have been prone to not getting bodies on crashing defenders and Horford often just sealed off another big man while Brown and Tatum secured the carom.
Nearly half of Young's shots were pull-up attempts and he made just one of them. Young made just 3 of 16 shots when he took more than two dribbles before the attempt. As his dribbles and touch time increased, his shooting percentage plummeted. Young was 1-for-8 shooting with seven-plus dribbles and 0-for-9 shooting when his touch time was six-plus seconds.
"The confidence doesn't get going when those shots are tough. Even though he's making them, he's still in the back of his mind. We just want to make everything as tough as possible."
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