What was wrong with the rebounding vs. Mil?

[Fencer reregistered]

I didn't watch the Bucks game. Obviously, it was a great game, a blowout, etc.

But if you look at both the offensive and defensive rebounding percentages, they were not good at all. Was that just a byproduct and acceptable price of something about defensive schemes, shot selection, and so on? (E.g., long offensive rebounds off of bricked Milwaukee 3s.) Or was it a genuine blemish on an otherwise outstanding performance?

[daveisceltics]

The ball took a weird bounce from the Bucks missing so wildly.
I mean seriously the ball just avoided the rim, and went back into their hands.

[BigHands]

There were a lot of weird bounces and the Bucs missed so many shots that the game pattern when the Celts were on D was out of kilter.

Plus the Celtics play such aggressive defense on the perimeter that they are not a great board-crashing team. With the Bucs missing their bigs I suspect that they had been told to crash the boards themselves.

KG rebound numbers are down for obvious reasons so if Perk is not scooping at a high rate then rebounds can be a Celtic weakness.

PJ Brown's toughness on the boards gave a glimpse of his playoff value IMO (4 assists too).

[FLCeltFan]

There were a lot of rebounds in this game that went long. I was amazed at how many went out to half court or in the corner. Not all that many came off the rim for the the bigs to grab inside.

[praypad]

They have not been able to "get a booty on a brother". But, if they keep scoring at a high percentage and playing good D, it won't matter.

[Datruth345]

doc attributed it to the long rebounds

he said the guards got alot of those boards, just the way the ball bounced tonight i suppose