Following their Game 1 loss to the Philadelphia 76ers, the Boston Celtics got shelled for their poor defensive effort. They gave up 119 points to a Joel Embiid-less 76ers squad, and James Harden poured in 45 of his own.
But after the game, Joe Mazzulla still found a way to tie in their shooting.
“We only shot 26 threes,” he said. “I don’t know if that’s the best way to go about it.”
The knee-jerk reaction to that could be, “why are you worrying about offense after that defensive showing?