The Boston team is not photographing as well as during the first month of the 2024-25 season, and their precision has since only plumbled from outside. This is why coach Joe Mazzulla has admitted that his team is not playing well and hopes to show a different face after the All-Star break.
Starting in October, the reigning champion fell 40.7% from three, then 36.7% the following month, a 35.4% in December, eventually followed by a bad 33.8% in January, which would be in January This campaign near the NBA.
Now the Celtics have lost 10 times since mid -December, with 30% or worse from at least seven of those competitions and under the base in general. “We play inconsistent basketball,” said Boston’s tactician, who is not worried about how many three have been sunk, but the quality of those attempts.
Joe Mazzulla about the ability of the Celtics to “hold” and stay focused immediately after the break:
“If there is a group of people I trust, it’s the boys in the dressing room to get better and to concentrate on the things that are important to win.” pic.twitter.com/dpj48MJSE1
– Daniel Donabedian (@Danield1214) February 21, 2025
Kristaps Porzingis also believes that they should be smart about which photos they take. “If we don’t take photos, it starts to wear a bit. And then we have 5 percent or 10 percent less trouble defending. Someone makes a bad shot, or I make a rushed shot or whatever.
“We just have to take those moments into account,” said the Latvian big man about the team’s strategy. “But still [we need to] Shoot the ball because we are a great shooting team. We just have to be smart about it. “
Nevertheless, the Celtics have played better against elite defenses, after they have posted the second best efficiency of the competition against the top 10 defending units, only behind Cleveland at the back of the category.
“You have to take the right thing with the bad one and understand that we can be grateful on the road for this piece,” said Jayson Tatum last month. ‘[We’re missing] Shots that we normally shoot at a higher speed that would put bleeding in this piece. We still try to generate the right recording and get boys in the right places. We just don’t shoot the ball as well as normally. ‘
