For the second game in a row, Brad Stevens’s “Mad Bombers” set new season LOWS for three-point field goal attempts (19) and usage rate/3PAr (.232).
Since the Celtics’ back-to-back defeats to Indy and Philly nearly a month ago, they’ve averaged over 51 conversions per game to their opponents’ 45 per while earning eight victories in nine tries.
Three or four summers ago, I wrote a post entitled “Win By Two” which essentially argued that – despite all the strategic innovation wrought by the three-ball and coaching free-spirits like Mike D’Antoni, Don Nelson or Doug Moe – most NBA games are won by the team that converts more of its scoring opportunities than do the other guys … the same way we played on the schoolyard as kids, “Game’s to 15, win by 2!