The Celtics have recently used small ball lineups more frequently, which has led to a regression on defense, as previously covered by Bill Sy. Danny Ainge spoke to 98.5 The Sports Hub's Toucher and Rich about this trend.
"We've been playing smaller to get more offense and our defense has slipped," Ainge said to T&R. "But again, these last two games in particular haven't been as bad. It's just a great offense. [DeMar] DeRozan was terrific last night and Luis Scola was knocking down threes. It was just a really good performance by Toronto's offense, more than it was our bad defense.