The Celtics had more than a few reasons why they could’ve lost last night: No Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum. A tough fallow period in the first half. Limited options at the 5 against an opponent with a plurality of centers.
But they didn’t. This is why:
Defense drove the comeback
Boston could’ve easily stayed behind when they started missing a ton of shots late in the first quarter and through much of the second. Orlando’s primary scorers, Evan Fournier and Nikola Vucevic, feasted on this misfortune. And yet:
The Boston Celtics won a road game last night after coming back from being down by 16 points early in a game without 2 20 PPG scoring wings & their most effective bench rebounder & scorer to win by double digits for their 3rd straight win.