BOSTON – Personal fouls have been on the rise for the Boston Celtics over the last two games of their second-round series against the Philadelphia 76ers. C’s coach Brad Stevens wants to put an end to the trend.
Boston committed 20 fouls Saturday afternoon during Game 3 in Philadelphia, followed by a playoff-high of 28 fouls Monday evening during Game 4. Both of those tallies exceed Boston’s regular-season average of 19.7 personal fouls per game, and Stevens is hoping that the team will drop below that number Wednesday night in Game 5 at TD Garden.
“Obviously it’s two games in a row (we’ve racked up fouls), so that’s something that we need to really be alert to,” Stevens said Tuesday afternoon during a conference call with the media.