Red's Army · Nov 2, 2019
5 rational thoughts following last night's close Celtics win over Knicks
Last night’s game was a lot closer for the Boston Celtics than it should’ve been against the New York Knicks. I won’t go so far as to say it was alarmingly indicative of bad trends that will continue, and there were notable ailments to Jaylen Brown (illness), Enes Kanter (knee) and Robert Williams (some kinda bursitis). But it’s frustrating to have to work that hard to win against a team entirely made out of inefficient power forwards, coached by an extraordinarily entertaining but possibly basketball-dumb man in Dave Fizdale.
Anyway, let’s cover some things from the contest that seem like they are signs of things to come:
1. Jayson Tatum is gonna be fine, missed layups be damned.