One of the first lessons taught to a novice basketball player is to move aggressively to the ball when receiving a pass. With 3.9 seconds left in Overtime of yesterday’s Game 3 of the Eastern Conference semi-finals and his team trailing by a single point, Philadelphia 76er stud overlooked this small detail of play, allowing Celtic stalwart Al Horford to swipe Ben Simmons in-bounds pass and salt away a 101 – 98 victory.
In the “process” – and for the first time in the Brad Stevens era – Boston has assumed firm control of a playoff series.
In 2017-18, the average NBA squad committed 14.