This certainly wasn't a pretty win but at this point in the season, every win is important. No Kemba and Fournier tonight put the Celtics in a tough spot and we got to see Romeo Langford get his first start of the season. Although Romeo played a solid game tonight, it was the two Jays that carried the offensive load scoring 57 of the 101 points for the Celtics. We've all given Marcus Smart our fair share of shit this season and I know people are going to say that 4-11 from the field is terrible but he came up clutch tonight scoring 12pts in the 4th quarter and also added 9 assists as well as 6-6 from the FT line. We needed every bit of that tonight! 

Looking at the offense tonight, we saw the Celtics revert back to iso ball for quite a bit of the game and it did seriously hinder the offensive output. The difference tonight was that JB and Tatum were hitting their shots. If either of them struggled, like they have lately, we would've gotten blown out tonight. They need to be more consistent driving and dishing to open teammates. Moving the ball certainly gets harder when you don't have Kemba and Fournier on the floor to hit shots but it also doesn't mean you should move away from good basketball. I really do think the Celtics played a good defensive game tonight especially on Randle. We forced him into a lot of really tough spots and he did make some great passes to get out of some jams but we also forced him into some tough shots (9-23 from the field) and forced 3 turnovers. This is the type of defensive energy that we need more consistently. It's certainly still a long road but we take on the Timberwolves on Friday so we need to take advantage of this opportunity to start another winning streak.

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