Brad Stevens is being patient with his starting unit. Al Horford and Jayson Tatum have looked fine, but Kyrie Irving, Gordon Hayward and Jaylen Brown have struggled. This is what played out early-on against the Thunder. Al and Jayson were clicking, but Kyrie, Gordon and Jaylen looked tentative and disjointed.
Brad gave his take on the first half with the following statements:
We're going to have to knock down some of those deep ones and loosen up on our drives.