Sometimes, numbers lie. Wednesday's TD Garden game versus the surging Clippers is one case in point.
As the stats tell the tale, one would think the Celts forgot to play defense again — as they had in their two prior games (first that nutty Kings game, then 3/4 of the Milwaukee contest). The numbers would have us wondering if a bad trend were starting to form.
This time you had to see the game to understand what really happened. The Cs played GREAT defense through most of the match, with only minor slippages.