Before Saturday night’s game against the Raptors, I dug into the previous thirteen box scores to see how the Celtics have been beating teams. and their 10-3 record had all of Boston’s hallmarks that raised Banner 18: threes and defense.
Here’s a rough statistical profile from this season.
Defensive rating under 110.0: 6-0
Over the last couple of games, the Celtics have ramped up their defense. After giving up 118 points to the Warriors over a week ago, they’ve given up 30 or less points in 12 out of the last 16 quarters of basketball.