During the last 7 games, the Celtics have led the NBA in defensive efficiency. Tonight was not on brand as the Hawks torched us in many aspects of the night. While there are a lot of negatives from tonight's game, we did see a lot of good performances. Grant Williams played an excellent game with 18pts and 6 rebounds and all season long people have been calling for Marcus to shoot less and pass more and tonight he led the team with 11 assists on the night. Tatum finally had a game shooting over 50% and a lot of that came from drives to the hoop. I think he did a much better job of getting downhill tonight which opened up the court for better shots and led to him having 5 assists as well. 

With that being said, the Celtics certainly struggled to keep Huerter and Collins in check which especially hurts because a healthy Jaylen Brown and Robert Williams definitely limits that. The Celtics definitely still have a long way to go as far as figuring out their offense but I do think a lot of that changes when/if we are ever healthy. The Celtics fall below .500 once again but hope to change that as they face off against the Lakers on Friday night.

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