CelticsBlog · Nov 28, 2024
Joe Mazzulla is satisfied with Celtics defense despite slow start
A week ago, a sampling of the NBA’s centers who switched onto guards for the greatest number of minutes revealed that Neemias Queta spent more than 34% of his time on the floor defending the perimeter — the greatest share by far in the league.
Al Horford trailed him closely at 28% and Luke Kornet, once exclusively a drop defender, ranked sixth at 26.1%. Boston’s defense, bent on taking away the rim as much as the three-point line, shifted to the latter extreme early this season and cut off the perimeter.
The Celtics are locking down the 3-point line and leaving their bigs to guard basically everything else