Boston Celtics: 3 things that must improve for Cs to make deep playoff run

Thing that must improve for Boston Celtics No. 2) Bench scoring

It’s evident that this Boston Celtics team is quite top-heavy when it comes to their roster, for their main contributors have come in the form of Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown, Marcus Smart, and Kemba Walker.

While this should be expected to a certain extent, for they are the team’s top-billed performers, the drop off behind these aforementioned talents, specifically in terms of scoring off the pine, is rather concerning.

Of those who have logged more than 10 games so far for the franchise, the best second-unit scorer this team has is Tristan Thompson, who is posting eight points a night.

As a whole, the team’s bench ranks dead last in the league when it comes to points per game (30.5).

While the concept of landing Evan Fournier at this year’s trade deadline and signing Jabari Parker just last week was to try and bolster their second-unit scoring, to this point we have yet to see what both of them can do to this underwhelming aspect to the team’s overall game.

Bottom of the barrel is not where the C’s bench needs to be if they wish to alleviate the scoring pressure off the shoulders of Boston’s core.