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Parquet plays: Celtics settled for too many 3’s in Game 1

Hindsight is always 20/20. In a game where the Celtics shot fifty — yes, 5-0 — three-pointers in a 101-89 loss to the Bucks on Sunday afternoon, it’s easy to say that maybe Boston should have hunted for better shots. On the other hand, you have to take what defenses give you in the NBA and making eighteen of those 3’s (36%) ain’t that bad.

After practice on Tuesday, head coach Ime Udoka addressed his team’s shot selection and how it might change heading into Game 2.

“We had a lot of opportunities to attack the basket and get some easy baskets inside, some paint points, but we settled for too many contested threes.