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Apr 5, 2017; Boston, MA, USA; Boston Celtics guard Isaiah Thomas (4) drives the ball against Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James (23) in the second half at TD Garden. The Cavaliers defeated the Celtics 114-91. Mandatory Credit: David Butler II-USA TODAY Sports /

There’s Time to Fix the Offensive Struggles

The Celtics had a very hard time hitting open shots against Cleveland, but that wasn’t the biggest issue offensively. Brian Robb gives a stat from last night that is quite scary to look at.

Celtics had a 69.1 offensive rating in the 15 minutes Isaiah Thomas was not on the floor tonight.
— Brian Robb (@BrianTRobb) April 6, 2017

A 69.1 rating is worse than bad, and it will truly be a problem if the Celtics can’t score without Thomas on the floor. However, Al Horford had a nice quote about how the team can still fix this problem.

Horford on offense struggling without Isaiah: "The positive thing about that is we get to see it now, and we can address it."
— Adam Himmelsbach (@AdamHimmelsbach) April 6, 2017

Horford has been through a lot in his NBA career, so I would take stock in this comment. It is better that Boston has time to figure out their offensive issues before the playoffs. Think about last year when Avery Bradley went down. The Celtics had to depend solely on Thomas, and they had no time to figure it out before they were knocked out by Atlanta. Hopefully the Celtics will figure things out before they play the Cavs again.

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