Boston Celtics: 3 things we hope to see during tonight’s preseason finale
By Mark Nilon
What we hope to see from Boston Celtics No. 2) Better efficiency from the ‘Jays’
Coming into the season, the Boston Celtics will be without Kemba Walker for at least the first month of action. With this in mind, the offensive load will rest heavily on the likes of their other top-tier studs in Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown — both of whom come in ranked as the second-best wing duo in the NBA.
While we expect the duo to have tremendous seasons in 2020-21, during this preseason finale we sure hope to see it more so than we did in their debut, where both of them had quite an underwhelming performance.
On the night, the ‘Jays’ went for a combined 15 points on a mere 21 percent shooting from the field and 11 percent shooting from deep.
While this was just a preseason matchup and luckily didn’t count towards anything, this production is something that will not help translate into winning basketball come the regular season.
Caught too often in contested jumpers and driving into clogged lanes during their outing against the 76ers, both the All-Star and the All-Star snub need to find a way to produce at a more efficient rate in game two as they head into their 72-game journey.