1. The Boston Celtics defense is broken right now. That was pretty evident during the team’s 3-0 start, but they won all those games, so it was kind of easy to shrug off.
Against the Chicago Bulls, all doubt was removed about the defense being way off the standard. These takeaways are going to focus on a whole bunch of plays where things fell apart.
Before we begin, let’s add a few qualifiers.
The Celtics don’t have Robert Williams. Would he fix everything? No. Would he help? Absolutely.
It’s been four games.