CelticsBlog · Feb 22, 2019
A beautiful ATO wasted in loss to Bucks
Jeff Hanisch-USA TODAY SportsGames are made up of dozens and dozens of plays. Most of last night’s loss in Milwaukee were indicative of the rust of having a week off during the All Star break. Kyrie Irving turned it up late, but shot an abysmal 9-for-27 from the field. Marcus Smart and Terry Rozier hit just one of their nine attempts from behind the arc. The Celtics’ top-10 offense stalled with a 96.0 OffRtg.
Despite all that, Boston had 3.5 seconds and a timeout to win the game and Brad Stevens drew up a perfect ATO. The first action closest to the inbound pass from Marcus Smart is Jayson Tatum coming of an Al Horford screen and immediately posting up the smaller Malcolm Brogdon.