The first time I ever heard of the Blitz was in November 2010 on How I Met Your Mother. In the TV show, the Blitz is “a curse that results in the victim missing epic, and sometimes miraculous, occurrences. The effect is so strong that the victim’s absence is sometimes thought to be the very cause of the epic events.” However, today we won’t be talking about the iconic episode “Blitzgiving”—we are going to talk about the Celtics’ offense.
After two games against Nikola Jokic’s Denver Nuggets, we have a good sample size of actions where the Celtics ran pick-and-rolls against the 2023 champions.