An eye-catching number in the Celtics’ come-from-behind 114 - 107 Game-Two victory over the Nets was the teams’ 65 combined Free-Throw Attempts – that’s more than TWENTY more than this season’s average of just under 44. No fewer than 30 of the teams’ collective 187 offensive possessions ended with a player going to the foul line for multiple shots.
The teams missed a combined 13 FT’s (52-for-65) – five of the off-target attempts were unplayable, when an official might tell the players to “Relax on the first, guys!” Each team created four “playable” FT misses. Coach Udoka’s boys secured all four Brooklyn misfires (one of them a “Team Rebound”).