keevsnick1 wrote:The Celtics are the 7th rated defense according to cleaning the glass, which filters out garbage time.
#1 In first-shot half-court defense.
#8 In TOV%
#30 in OReb%
#26 in FTr
Forcing a lot of turnovers but also fouling a lot of probably at least somewhat related, the more aggressive you are the likelier you foul. But the first-shot efense being as good as it is... that's big. It means if they tighten up the OReb's they could be a very good defense.
Small sample size of course but not super surprising considering Simons has been decent on D..Queta has been solid, Minott and Hugo have been excellent..JB and d-white we know are good defenders, Pritchard and Hauser are both solid on D..Tillman is healthy now and has been solid on D and even Garza hasn't been *that* bad on D.
Offensively we have been pretty hot and cold..at times looking very good but often times looking pretty disjointed (like a team with lots of new guys and its best player out) , our shooting has been hit or miss, the ball movement hasn't been good at times.
But yeah, the defense overall has been good. The guys have been playing hard on that end and for the most part have been in the right spots..
