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Avoiding the next hiccup: Celtics minutes, bench production, and ball movement

In his weekend column for The Boston Herald, Stephen Bulpett outlined one of the Celtics biggest weakness (particularly without Enes Kanter and Robert Williams against the Knicks): defensive rebounding. New York outscored Boston 20-5 on second chance points on Friday night, but the Celtics escaped with a win on a Jayson Tatum jumper at the end of regulation.

Statistically, the Celtics haven’t exactly dominated in one area. They have a middling offense at 106.9 points per 100 possessions, good for 14th in the NBA. They’re ninth in defensive rating at 101.