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Here's to hoping our starters have a much better game!

As long it's a W I don't even care if the best scorer is a mopa guy.

Enjoying it so far: we hold the ground and yet we didn't even start to play our best bball.

Same could be said of them 'course.
What it's as well good news.

Smart so badly wants to have a good game in his first return game actually playing in Boston, but he can't hit much right now.

He's not turning over that much as he often does when he has the bad moon. That should be a good sign

But whatever... as long the team competes against the arguable Best NBA Team I buy Smart or any other one playing.

I buy all about this game.
The good and the bad.

That's the best we've played all year. Everyone other than Smart looked good and contributed to the win, and he gets a pass given he clearly was forcing it to try to play well in his first game back in Boston.

I was also happy to see Jenkins play a somewhat "normal" rotation with Ja, JJJ, and Bane getting 34, 34, and 33 minutes, and nobody on the bench getting more than 20 minutes other than Laravia with 23. It's almost like: if you play your best guys more than you play your end of the bench guys, you give yourself a better chance to win - Earth-shattering revelation for this coaching staff.