A grizzled old sportswriter named Jimmy Breslin once decided to try his hand at some fiction, concocting a tale of some loveable-loser, wanna-be thugs called The Gang that Couldn’t Shoot Straight. Was the curmudgeonly native New Yorker “Nostradamusing” the current rendition of the Celtics?
Excepting Game 2’s .533 FG%, Boston’s shooting this series has topped out at 42% in Game 5 (like Game 2, a home victory). Accuracy bottomed out with last night’s .370 effort.
On the flip side, Boston’s second-ranked FG defense (.440 on the season) has already allowed 50+% Buck shooting on four occasions so far.