Winners of the Bucks last night, after being up to 20 points ahead, the Celtics impress with their defense, but also with this attack where danger comes from everywhere. We also understand better why Brad Stevens pushed to recover and then extend Kristaps Porzingis.
The Latvian immediately blended into the Celtics collective, both in attack and defense, and what impresses is his complicity with Jaylen Brown. Their pick-and-roll is perhaps the Celtics’ number 1 weapon today, and both fit perfectly well on the court. And not just on pick-and-roll since both are also on cuts on the opposite side, often with Porzingis in the “point forward” role.
Reading the cuts in the back
We saw it again last night against the Bucks, notably with an alley-oop from Porzingis, then a huge dunk from Brown. Over a period of nine minutes, the two will meet six times!
“I love playing with JB” ignites Porzingis. “We’re starting to find each other more and more. Honestly, he’s the one who makes the game easier for me. I just read what he tells me. If he comes in and wants the pass, boom, I’ll pass it to him. I start to open up in the circle, and he either finishes or he sends me a lofted pass… He makes it easy for me and he’s so explosive and fast with his back cuts that it’s natural for me to do it. find on his cuts. All credit goes to JB. »
An enthusiasm shared by Jaylen Brown who enjoys Porzingis’ caviars at the heart of the defense, but also very comfortable on the “pick-and-pop” thanks to the Latvian’s distant skill.
“It’s great, and it’s only the beginning!” What are we at, 15 matches? Not even ! » responds Brown, author of 22 points and 8 assists against Milwaukee. “We continue to build automation, and it is still in development. We talk to each other. I don’t know where it comes from, it’s an automatic relationship. As soon as KP arrived here, it was automatic. I expect it to get even better and evolve further. »
| Shots | Rebounds | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | MJ | Min | Shots | 3pts | L.F. | Off | Def | Early | Pd | Bp | Int | Ct | Party | Pts |
| Jayson Tatum | 14 | 36.9 | 50.7 | 38.4 | 79.7 | 0.8 | 8.2 | 9.0 | 4.1 | 3.1 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 2.3 | 28.2 |
| Jaylen Brown | 13 | 33.9 | 44.8 | 34.0 | 72.5 | 0.5 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 3.2 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 2.9 | 21.3 |
| Kristaps Porzingis | 13 | 31.1 | 54.8 | 33.3 | 81.8 | 1.5 | 5.4 | 6.9 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 1.9 | 3.3 | 19.5 |
| Derrick White | 11 | 31.3 | 46.7 | 41.9 | 83.9 | 0.7 | 2.9 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 2.1 | 13.6 |
| Jrue Holiday | 14 | 34.6 | 43.5 | 34.9 | 77.3 | 2.1 | 5.3 | 7.4 | 5.1 | 2.1 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 12.8 |
| Sam Hauser | 14 | 22.3 | 46.4 | 43.8 | 100.0 | 0.5 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 1.6 | 9.5 |
| Al Horford | 12 | 24.0 | 43.9 | 34.1 | 100.0 | 1.8 | 4.0 | 5.8 | 2.2 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 6.2 |
| Payton Pritchard | 14 | 21.0 | 37.3 | 30.6 | 72.7 | 1.3 | 2.1 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 6.1 |
| Luke Kornett | 10 | 12.3 | 81.0 | 0.0 | 75.0 | 1.2 | 2.3 | 3.5 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 4.0 |
| Dalano Banton | 5 | 7.2 | 46.2 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 2.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 3.0 |
| Svi Mykhailiuk | 7 | 8.2 | 35.3 | 28.6 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 2.3 |
| Lamar Stevens | 4 | 4.9 | 57.1 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.3 |
| Oshae Brissett | 7 | 12.0 | 17.6 | 11.1 | 70.0 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 3.0 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 |
| Neemias Queta | 1 | 5.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
