Boston Celtics: Analyzing the C’s play against the Miami Heat in 2019-20
By Mark Nilon
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Boston Celtics v. Miami Heat analysis No. 1) Offensive performances
Both the Boston Celtics and Miami Heat are filled to the brim with offensive firepower.
From the likes of Jayson Tatum, Kemba Walker, Jaylen Brown, and Gordon Hayward (when healthy) in Beantown to Jimmy Butler, Goran Dragic, Duncan Robinson, and Tyler Herro in South Beach, this Eastern Conference Finals is likely to be an offensive extravaganza, similar to how it was during the regular season.
During the 2019-20 campaign, as mentioned in the previous slide, the two franchises squared off on three separate occasions, with Boston winning the series two games to one. A tightly contested trio of games, the average score differential is separated by a margin of seven points, as the Cs found themselves dropping an average of 109 points in comparison to Miami’s 102.
In regard to each team’s individual players, their core’s stats read as follows:
Boston Celtics’ core average offensive stats:
- PG – Kemba Walker: 19.7 points, 6.3 assists, 40% FG, 42 % 3FG
- SG – Jaylen Brown: 24.7 points, two assists, 49.2% FG, 40.9% 3FG
- SF – Gordon Hayward: 22 points, two assists, 55.6% FG, 14.3% 3FG
- PF – Jayson Tatum: 21 points, two assists, 40% FG, 23.5% 3FG
- C – Daniel Theis: 9.7 points, 1.7 assists, 64.7% FG, 33.3% 3FG
- G – Marcus Smart: seven points, two assists, 16.7% FG, 30% 3FG
Miami Heat’s core average offensive stats:
- PG – Kendrick Nunn: six points, two assists, 29.4% FG, 20% 3FG
- SG – Duncan Robinson: 14.3 points, 1.7 assists, 43.8% FG, 39.3% 3FG
- SF – Jimmy Butler: 28.5 points, three assists, 53,1% FG, 42.9% 3FG
- PF – Jae Crowder: eight points, 60% FG, 50% 3FG
- C – Bam Adebayo: 15 points, two assists, 50% FG
- SG – Tyler Herro: 7.3 points, two assists, 29% FG, 26.7% 3FG
As a whole, the Celtics shot a solid 44.9 percent from the field and 35.5 percent from long range, while the Heat shot 41.6 percent from the field and 32.2 percent from deep.