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Brad Stevens is using a stat to motivate his team to work hard in training camp (and perhaps to temper fans' expectations).
One of the themes that Boston Celtics coach Brad Stevens has repeated in the days leading up to the start of training camp is just how slim the margin was between Boston being a lottery team and a playoff combatant last season. Stevens has noted that the Celtics, despite all their second-half success that propelled the team to the seventh seed in the Eastern Conference, still finished as close to 12th overall as they did to fourth.