After Boston’s 140-133 shootout against the Washington Wizards, head coach Brad Stevens chalked up the team’s lack of defense as an “anomaly.” After going 9-1 and owning a top-10 defense for most of the young season, you’ll forgive the occasional clunker.
However, the Celtics weren’t entirely a sieve on D. Standing 6’1, Kemba Walker knows that people don’t exactly see him as a defensive stopper, but he does have bullet points on the resume that prove otherwise. Walker was third last season in total charges drawn (27) and ripped 102 steals (by comparison, Marcus Smart was third in the league with 143).