Boston Celtics: 1 stud and 1 dud from C’s surprising victory over Miami

Boston Celtics fans can take one step back from the proverbial ledge today, as their favorite ball club actually did something rather impressive Thursday night — they beat a top-tier team.

After finding themselves dropping three straight games in a row earlier this week the shamrocks have now rattled off two back-to-back victories in back-to-back nights, as they took down the No. 1 seeded Miami Heat Thursday in South Beach.

It was indeed a sloppy affair for both parties involved, but Boston wound up coming out looking like the cleaner squad, leading the Heat by nearly 20 at game’s end with a final score reading 95-78.

Heading into the exhibition, fans and media alike knew that it would take a collective effort from the Cs to have a chance at coming away victorious against this surging Miami team, and a collective effort was exactly what we saw, as only one player who saw over 10 or more minutes received a negative box plus-minus rating while six different players ended up scoring in double figures.

First-year head coach, Ime Udoka, went deep down the bench for his rotation on the night, having nine different players log double-digit minutes, with several seeing their first extended time on the floor in quite a few outings.

Now, despite the numerous positive individual performances from Cs players during this game, as has been the case throughout the early stages of this year’s campaign there were a few who managed to drop the ball on the night.

Today, we at HH pinpoint one stud and one dud from Boston’s surprising victory over the Miami Heat: