Brad Stevens started one of the most consequential nights of this soon-to-be 11 month season with a challenge. Talking to Sean Grande for his regular pre-game radio interview, he quipped that the Celtics shouldn’t have watched film between Games 1 and 2.
“They did some actions and they did some stuff that we’ve got to be better against, but the transition stuff and all those things. How many months are we into this season? 11.5 months?” he said. “You’re not saying run back and get matched. We have a saying here that transition supersedes matchups.