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Celtics being haunted by old ghost (but this time, it didn't matter)

The Portland Trail Blazers' offensive rebounding hurt the Boston Celtics in the first half on Sunday night, but they were still up eight at the half.

Boston Celtics v Portland Trail Blazers | Cameron Browne/GettyImages

This Boston Celtics group was never going to be a great rebounding team. But the first half of Sunday night’s game against the Portland Trail Blazers made that reality clearer than ever. They got absolutely dominated on the offensive glass. It was one of the only reasons that the Blazers were in the game at all.