Now that the Nets have brushed aside the Cavaliers in the play-in to clinch the seventh seed in the Eastern Conference, their reward is a series against arguably the hottest team in the entire NBA.…
This has always been an Achilles’ heel for the Nets, who finished dead last in the league in defensive rebound percentage. But the addition of Andre Drummond has helped plug that hole and lifted them from abysmal to average. Despite an edge in physicality, the Celtics are near the middle of the pack as well. Boston losing Robert Williams III to a knee injury levels the contest on the boards.The Nets were top 10 in the league in free throws taken and percentage made.
They should take lessons from the Celtics, who manage to have the league’s best defense while still being in the bottom third in free throws conceded and bottom five in fouls committed.Bostonians were triggered when Brown said his Nets will be able to attack more with Daniel Theis and Al Horford in the paint instead of Williams, but he wasn’t lying.
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