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WHAT'S UP WITH THE CELTICS?

11/8/2014

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Six games into the young NBA season the Celtics have one more win than the Cleveland Cavaliers.  Yes, they have played one more game, but still they are 3-3 and have won two games in a row.  Tonight's victory was pretty impressive considering they lost Marcus Smart for a few weeks last night with an ankle injury and Rajon Rondo was unavailable tonight since he was having a screw taken out of his wrist while the team was playing in Chicago.
While a 3-3 record is a good start, with a few lucky bounces or Celtic-friendly whistles the team could easily be 5-1.  Of Boston's 3 losses, the loss at Houston was the only one that wasn't within grasp at the end.  On Monday the Celtics lost 113-118 at Dallas.  Down 113-116 with 8 seconds left Rajon Rondo got called for a questionable offensive foul allowing the Mavs to maintain the lead down the stretch.  The fact that Dallas shot 56% from 3-point range also didn't help. 

Wednesday night was more of the same with the Celtics losing their 3rd straight contest, this time by a measly 3 points.  While Toronto didn't shoot 56% from deep, they did sink just under 44%.  On the season the Celtics' opponents are hitting 39.8% of their three-point shots (3rd worst in the NBA). 


Although we are only 6 games into the season, there are some interesting trends starting to develop with the Celtics. 
GOOD- League leader for offensive rebound percent.
BAD- Second lowest free throw attempts per game (18.2)

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