BOSTON – Who wanted defense on Super Bowl Sunday anyway?
Hours before New England’s attention turned to the Patriots’ bid for a sixth championship, its fans watched the Boston Celtics set off some offensive fireworks inside TD Garden while taking down the Oklahoma City Thunder 134-129.
This featured matchup on ABC was between two title contenders and was supposed to be all about defense, seeing as these two teams entered Sunday tied for second in the league in defensive rating. Instead, offense was the name of the game – for both teams.
Boston’s offense earned the slight edge in dominance, however, as indicated by all of the numbers it racked up.