The Boston Celtics eFG% was a measly 40.6%, dragged down in large part by their woeful shooting from deep, hitting just seven of their 26 three-point attempts. And the Sixers didn’t hold the Celtics to the worst eFG% of any team that’s played a game so far simply due to some unlucky variance for the Celtics (although the Celtics did have a few wide open looks that just didn’t go). Philly made Boston uncomfortable on many of their attempts from behind the arc, and Josh Richardson in particular was very effective, using his length to bother shooters, recovering from going over screens with strong trailing contests, and closing out on shooters hard but under control:
Five Figures from Sixers vs. Celtics: no Jo, no problem in the 4th quarter
