Boston Celtics Team Stats 2021 Celtics Team Stats

36-36, 4th in East Atlantic

The Boston Celtics opened their 75th season on December 23, 2020. Boston is currently riding a six-consecutive season streak of playoff appearances. Following a pair of first-round exits to open the streak, the Celtics have won their way into three Eastern Conference Finals. The problem for Celtics' fans, fans who view it as their rightful pedigree to be perennial NBA Title contenders, Boston hasn't reached the NBA Finals in over a decade. The Boston brass is now looking uphill at a strong Philadelphia 76ers team while battling to fend off a star-loaded Brooklyn Nets squad in their own Atlantic Division.

Home Record: 2-1 Away Record: 1-1 Conference Record: 2-2 Division Record: 0-1

Head Coach: Brad Stevens Assitant Coach: Jerome Allen Assitant Coach: Bryan Bailey Assitant Coach: Tony Dobbins

Assitant Coach: Kenny Graves Assitant Coach: Jay Larranaga General Manager: Danny Ainge Arena:

Celtics Team Stats

Team Ratings				Offense Stats											Defense Stats
Overall	OFF RTG	DEF RTG	PPG	ORB	AST	TO	FGM	FGA	3PA	3-PM	FG%	3PT%	FT%	Pace	PPG Allow	DRB	AST Allow	STL	BLK	FG% Allow	3P% Allow	FORCE TO
			112.6	765	1689	964	2985	6401	2618	979	46.6	37.4	77.5		111.2	2421	1732	556	383	46.4	37.4	1015

Celtics Team Rankings

Team Rankings				Offense Rankings											Defense Rankings
Overall	OFF RTG	DEF RTG	PPG	ORB	AST	TO	FGM	FGA	3PA	3-PM	FG%	3PT%	FT%	Pace	PPG Allow	DRB	AST Allow	STL	BLK	FG% Allow	3P% Allow	FORCE TO
			16	4	25	17	13	11	10	11	19	11	16		11	22	9	13	6	13	22	13

Celtics Team Offensive Stats

Opponent		Vegas			Points Scored					Shooting						Rebounding			Assists	TO
Date	Team	Spread	ML	O/U	TOT PTS	Q1 PTS	Q2 PTS	Q3 PTS	Q4 PTS	FGA	FGM	3PTA	3PTM	3PT%	FG%	DREB	OREB	TOT REB	TOT ASS	TO
5/25/21	BKN	-9.5	-420	228	108	26	21	35	26	92	39	34	12	35.3	42.4	28	15	43	23	15
5/22/21	BKN	-8.5	-410	232.5	93	21	32	20	20	84	31	30	11	36.7	36.9	29	11	40	19	12
5/18/21	WAS	-2	-130	233	118	27	25	38	28	96	38	45	15	33.3	39.6	35	14	49	20	10
5/16/21	NYK	0	0	0	92	24	15	26	27	86	35	41	11	26.8	40.7	37	9	46	19	12
5/15/21	MIN	0	0	0	124	37	29	23	35	95	46	42	18	42.9	48.4	35	9	44	27	14
5/12/21	CLE	0	0	0	94	17	22	30	25	101	36	41	12	29.3	35.6	33	13	46	14	7
5/11/21	MIA	0	0	0	121	28	28	23	42	88	46	37	18	48.6	52.3	29	3	32	31	11
5/9/21	MIA	0	0	0	124	23	30	31	40	83	45	38	14	36.8	54.2	28	6	34	29	14
5/7/21	CHI	0	0	0	99	28	18	28	25	86	35	39	11	28.2	40.7	36	11	47	19	13
5/5/21	ORL	0	0	0	132	39	24	37	32	96	51	45	21	46.7	53.1	36	9	45	28	11
5/2/21	POR	0	0	0	119	32	39	27	21	89	43	39	20	51.3	48.3	35	10	45	29	18
4/30/21	SAS	0	0	0	143	16	32	42	38	105	49	38	18	47.4	46.7	35	17	52	31	13
4/28/21	CHA	0	0	0	120	39	19	30	32	92	44	40	15	37.5	47.8	35	19	54	26	14
4/27/21	OKC	0	0	0	115	24	25	29	37	97	41	49	11	22.4	42.3	31	8	39	21	14
4/23/21	BKN	0	0	0	104	25	26	22	31	94	38	42	17	40.5	40.4	39	15	54	21	19
4/22/21	PHX	0	0	0	99	26	27	24	22	77	33	40	12	30	42.9	38	10	48	20	20
4/19/21	CHI	0	0	0	96	30	18	18	30	77	36	25	10	40	46.8	36	3	39	21	15
4/17/21	GSW	0	0	0	119	24	36	29	30	94	44	46	15	32.6	46.8	31	14	45	18	9
4/15/21	LAL	0	0	0	121	31	30	30	30	85	48	32	14	43.8	56.5	41	7	48	33	21
4/11/21	DEN	0	0	0	105	16	29	29	31	87	39	33	7	21.2	44.8	42	10	52	20	9
4/9/21	MIN	0	0	0	145	25	32	35	32	87	47	42	19	45.2	54	36	9	45	32	20
4/7/21	NYK	0	0	0	101	21	26	23	31	86	36	40	15	37.5	41.9	37	16	53	22	17
4/6/21	PHI	0	0	0	96	24	22	24	26	70	33	34	14	41.2	47.1	29	3	32	19	20
4/4/21	CHA	0	0	0	116	25	33	40	18	94	43	54	21	38.9	45.7	30	14	44	29	6
4/2/21	HOU	0	0	0	118	33	19	30	36	88	46	41	17	41.5	52.3	39	11	50	35	13
3/29/21	NOP	0	0	0	109	27	28	26	28	93	40	43	14	32.6	43	34	12	46	21	14
3/27/21	OKC	0	0	0	111	21	26	29	35	96	44	38	12	31.6	45.8	42	10	52	22	12
3/26/21	MIL	0	0	0	122	32	28	43	19	88	43	47	22	46.8	48.9	36	8	44	27	14
3/24/21	MIL	0	0	0	119	30	29	27	33	94	45	47	19	40.4	47.9	29	9	38	24	12
3/22/21	MEM	0	0	0	126	30	35	21	31	90	47	35	17	48.6	52.2	38	5	43	31	12
3/21/21	ORL	0	0	0	112	27	29	33	23	88	40	54	23	42.6	45.5	38	7	45	27	9
3/19/21	SAC	0	0	0	96	22	23	36	15	91	39	31	12	38.7	42.9	33	12	45	22	14
3/17/21	CLE	0	0	0	110	18	20	36	36	88	40	38	10	26.3	45.5	25	15	40	19	12
3/16/21	UTA	0	0	0	109	22	31	26	30	98	48	29	10	34.5	49	29	16	45	28	13
3/14/21	HOU	0	0	0	134	38	28	38	30	92	51	37	18	48.6	55.4	45	10	55	29	14
3/11/21	BKN	0	0	0	109	29	26	31	23	91	41	40	13	32.5	45.1	28	11	39	22	11
3/4/21	TOR	0	0	0	132	31	35	35	31	74	45	29	13	44.8	60.8	30	9	39	25	16
3/2/21	LAC	0	0	0	117	35	27	26	29	86	42	32	16	50	48.8	29	14	43	25	8
2/28/21	WAS	0	0	0	111	33	27	19	32	89	42	30	10	33.3	47.2	36	13	49	25	18
2/26/21	IND	0	0	0	118	32	29	31	26	82	42	22	9	40.9	51.2	38	7	45	24	11
2/26/21	IND	0	0	0	118	32	29	31	26	82	42	22	9	40.9	51.2	38	7	45	24	11
2/23/21	DAL	0	0	0	107	31	25	20	31	86	41	39	12	30.8	47.7	34	12	46	19	13
2/21/21	NOP	0	0	0	115	30	33	24	21	98	39	37	10	27	39.8	38	11	49	22	10
2/19/21	ATL	0	0	0	121	33	33	32	23	90	50	35	14	40	55.6	35	9	44	26	18
2/17/21	ATL	0	0	0	114	35	21	25	33	86	40	31	10	32.3	46.5	26	11	37	22	16
2/16/21	DEN	0	0	0	112	30	29	27	26	81	39	42	15	35.7	48.1	33	10	43	26	20
2/14/21	WAS	0	0	0	91	22	21	24	24	90	32	35	9	25.7	35.6	36	14	50	14	17
2/12/21	TOR	0	0	0	102	23	29	20	30	82	36	27	8	29.6	43.9	37	7	44	15	10
2/11/21	TOR	0	0	0	120	34	32	22	32	86	39	39	20	51.3	45.3	35	14	49	30	18
2/9/21	UTA	0	0	0	108	27	20	32	29	86	38	29	13	44.8	44.2	24	11	35	18	8
2/7/21	PHX	0	0	0	91	19	30	19	23	93	33	44	17	38.6	35.5	28	13	41	19	5
2/5/21	LAC	0	0	0	119	21	30	38	30	90	43	38	16	42.1	47.8	25	9	34	21	6
2/3/21	SAC	0	0	0	111	26	25	31	29	86	39	33	11	33.3	45.3	34	11	45	28	13
2/2/21	GSW	0	0	0	111	24	28	34	25	84	39	34	13	38.2	46.4	39	12	51	16	15
1/30/21	LAL	0	0	0	95	24	25	29	17	82	40	21	6	28.6	48.8	33	9	42	24	15
1/27/21	SAS	0	0	0	106	30	17	37	22	98	42	30	10	33.3	42.9	26	13	39	15	10
1/25/21	CHI	0	0	0	119	33	27	31	28	87	44	29	15	51.7	50.6	38	6	44	28	12
1/24/21	CLE	0	0	0	141	38	35	41	27	93	52	28	14	50	55.9	42	13	55	26	15
1/24/21	CLE	0	0	0	141	38	35	41	27	93	52	28	14	50	55.9	42	13	55	26	15
1/22/21	PHI	0	0	0	110	33	19	28	30	90	41	30	12	40	45.6	22	10	32	23	11
1/20/21	PHI	0	0	0	109	25	36	31	17	89	42	33	12	36.4	47.2	35	10	45	22	16
1/17/21	NYK	0	0	0	75	17	18	15	25	84	25	46	7	15.2	29.8	29	14	43	15	17
1/15/21	ORL	0	0	0	124	34	26	28	36	88	45	42	17	40.5	51.1	39	6	45	25	10
1/8/21	WAS	0	0	0	116	33	33	30	20	86	41	32	12	37.5	47.7	38	12	50	21	21
1/6/21	MIA	0	0	0	107	34	19	27	27	99	42	35	12	34.3	42.4	37	16	53	22	7
1/4/21	TOR	0	0	0	126	23	38	39	26	84	41	29	15	51.7	48.8	44	12	56	19	19
1/3/21	DET	0	0	0	122	31	30	30	31	87	49	33	15	45.5	56.3	29	12	41	35	17
1/1/21	DET	0	0	0	93	12	28	33	20	83	39	31	8	25.8	47	38	7	45	20	19
12/30/20	MEM	0	0	0	126	31	35	30	30	91	49	39	16	41	53.8	32	10	42	27	16
12/29/20	IND	0	0	0	116	31	27	25	33	80	40	22	9	40.9	50	31	12	43	21	14
12/27/20	IND	0	0	0	107	23	32	28	24	79	40	23	9	39.1	50.6	34	6	40	21	18
12/25/20	BKN	0	0	0	95	22	32	23	18	98	37	27	8	29.6	37.8	27	20	47	23	15
12/23/20	MIL	0	0	0	122	31	33	37	21	101	48	40	18	45	47.5	27	10	37	23	6

Celtics Team Defensive Stats

Opponent		Vegas			Points Allowed					Shooting (Allowed)						Rebounding (Allowed)			AST Allow	Defensive
Date	Team	Spread	ML	O/U	TOT PTS	Q1 PTS	Q2 PTS	Q3 PTS	Q4 PTS	FGA	FGM	3PTA	3PTM	3PT%	FG%	DREB	OREB	TOT REB	TOT ASS	BLK	STL
5/25/21	BKN	-9.5	+330	228	130	40	31	38	21	88	46	38	17	44.7	52.3	34	12	46	31	4	10
5/22/21	BKN	-8.5	+330	232.5	104	16	31	31	26	84	35	34	8	23.5	41.7	36	14	50	18	12	6
5/18/21	WAS	-2	+110	233	100	21	33	26	20	92	40	21	3	14.3	43.5	36	13	49	17	5	8
5/16/21	NYK	0	0	0	96	23	31	23	19	79	34	27	13	48.1	43	37	4	41	16	6	4
5/15/21	MIN	0	0	0	108	26	21	27	34	95	39	37	5	13.5	41.1	31	20	51	22	6	8
5/12/21	CLE	0	0	0	102	22	20	25	35	80	36	24	8	33.3	45	48	7	55	27	8	9
5/11/21	MIA	0	0	0	129	28	34	31	36	81	48	30	16	53.3	59.3	37	6	43	25	5	8
5/9/21	MIA	0	0	0	130	36	43	26	25	82	47	35	16	45.7	57.3	32	3	35	30	3	7
5/7/21	CHI	0	0	0	121	30	30	34	27	99	43	40	18	45	43.4	37	15	52	26	8	5
5/5/21	ORL	0	0	0	96	27	18	30	21	85	33	25	6	24	38.8	35	10	45	13	9	8
5/2/21	POR	0	0	0	129	34	37	32	26	85	44	38	19	50	51.8	33	3	36	27	6	3
4/30/21	SAS	0	0	0	140	39	38	26	25	92	49	24	11	45.8	53.3	35	8	43	29	7	7
4/28/21	CHA	0	0	0	111	19	28	33	31	87	37	35	13	37.1	42.5	22	11	33	29	8	9
4/27/21	OKC	0	0	0	119	29	26	23	41	81	39	30	13	43.3	48.1	41	10	51	25	7	16
4/23/21	BKN	0	0	0	109	21	39	28	21	86	37	32	11	34.4	43	41	6	47	26	6	6
4/22/21	PHX	0	0	0	86	21	16	28	21	88	36	35	6	17.1	40.9	28	10	38	18	2	7
4/19/21	CHI	0	0	0	102	24	18	32	28	90	41	32	11	34.4	45.6	31	9	40	30	2	8
4/17/21	GSW	0	0	0	114	33	33	23	25	80	41	40	17	42.5	51.3	32	8	40	22	2	9
4/15/21	LAL	0	0	0	113	23	25	31	34	98	44	37	12	32.4	44.9	25	11	36	28	6	4
4/11/21	DEN	0	0	0	87	27	24	28	8	88	32	34	8	23.5	36.4	33	13	46	23	7	4
4/9/21	MIN	0	0	0	136	39	27	31	27	96	47	42	15	35.7	49	28	9	37	30	5	9
4/7/21	NYK	0	0	0	99	19	27	27	26	84	35	33	16	48.5	41.7	34	5	39	22	7	6
4/6/21	PHI	0	0	0	106	25	34	26	21	73	34	24	9	37.5	46.6	29	9	38	16	6	5
4/4/21	CHA	0	0	0	86	26	17	27	16	80	32	31	10	32.3	40	33	9	42	23	5	11
4/2/21	HOU	0	0	0	102	25	19	26	32	86	37	36	12	33.3	43	30	10	40	26	7	9
3/29/21	NOP	0	0	0	115	32	32	24	27	82	41	31	16	51.6	50	39	8	47	30	9	5
3/27/21	OKC	0	0	0	94	25	27	28	14	83	34	38	11	28.9	41	40	10	50	16	4	10
3/26/21	MIL	0	0	0	114	26	29	34	25	99	44	47	19	40.4	44.4	33	16	49	24	8	10
3/24/21	MIL	0	0	0	121	35	35	30	21	90	45	37	17	45.9	50	33	13	46	19	6	9
3/22/21	MEM	0	0	0	132	24	36	34	23	110	55	35	12	34.3	50	37	17	54	38	6	3
3/21/21	ORL	0	0	0	96	31	17	25	23	84	32	34	11	32.4	38.1	35	9	44	20	3	6
3/19/21	SAC	0	0	0	107	28	27	27	25	81	37	30	12	40	45.7	34	11	45	22	4	8
3/17/21	CLE	0	0	0	117	26	29	27	35	74	40	23	10	43.5	54.1	33	7	40	23	9	10
3/16/21	UTA	0	0	0	117	20	34	23	40	80	38	43	19	44.2	47.5	28	10	38	23	5	8
3/14/21	HOU	0	0	0	107	34	19	19	35	91	35	50	16	32	38.5	27	10	37	23	3	8
3/11/21	BKN	0	0	0	121	23	35	30	33	88	42	42	19	45.2	47.7	34	11	45	21	10	10
3/4/21	TOR	0	0	0	125	34	36	22	33	91	45	50	21	42	49.5	20	8	28	36	7	6
3/2/21	LAC	0	0	0	112	32	31	26	23	87	43	38	18	47.4	49.4	25	10	35	28	4	6
2/28/21	WAS	0	0	0	110	28	27	21	34	84	38	32	9	28.1	45.2	29	7	36	16	0	7
2/26/21	IND	0	0	0	112	31	29	24	28	89	35	46	15	32.6	39.3	32	8	40	26	7	3
2/26/21	IND	0	0	0	112	31	29	24	28	89	35	46	15	32.6	39.3	32	8	40	26	7	3
2/23/21	DAL	0	0	0	110	34	21	25	30	89	42	33	13	39.4	47.2	30	8	38	19	6	6
2/21/21	NOP	0	0	0	120	28	19	27	34	94	42	36	11	30.6	44.7	40	12	52	22	11	9
2/19/21	ATL	0	0	0	109	22	19	32	36	90	38	30	10	33.3	42.2	28	13	41	21	12	8
2/17/21	ATL	0	0	0	122	33	29	28	32	77	44	24	8	33.3	57.1	29	8	37	19	3	9
2/16/21	DEN	0	0	0	99	26	28	21	24	84	38	34	9	26.5	45.2	27	11	38	25	1	7
2/14/21	WAS	0	0	0	104	29	26	34	15	83	33	30	7	23.3	39.8	45	9	54	24	2	5
2/12/21	TOR	0	0	0	0	27	27	28	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	9
2/11/21	TOR	0	0	0	106	29	27	24	26	83	41	28	9	32.1	49.4	29	3	32	26	6	8
2/9/21	UTA	0	0	0	122	24	24	42	32	84	40	48	18	37.5	47.6	31	10	41	28	2	2
2/7/21	PHX	0	0	0	100	27	25	24	24	82	40	29	8	27.6	48.8	41	9	50	25	2	6
2/5/21	LAC	0	0	0	115	33	29	20	33	81	42	32	14	43.8	51.9	37	10	47	26	1	8
2/3/21	SAC	0	0	0	116	22	30	29	35	92	42	37	13	35.1	45.7	32	12	44	23	3	9
2/2/21	GSW	0	0	0	107	35	17	33	22	83	38	37	15	40.5	45.8	30	6	36	30	4	3
1/30/21	LAL	0	0	0	96	28	24	19	25	84	37	31	9	29	44	32	13	45	20	6	10
1/27/21	SAS	0	0	0	110	25	36	21	28	82	46	28	8	28.6	56.1	37	9	46	22	4	10
1/25/21	CHI	0	0	0	103	25	25	26	27	88	41	39	17	43.6	46.6	32	9	41	28	6	9
1/24/21	CLE	0	0	0	103	21	30	27	25	85	34	33	10	30.3	40	23	11	34	24	8	14
1/24/21	CLE	0	0	0	103	21	30	27	25	85	34	33	10	30.3	40	23	11	34	24	8	14
1/22/21	PHI	0	0	0	122	25	24	42	31	81	45	28	12	42.9	55.6	35	10	45	23	5	10
1/20/21	PHI	0	0	0	117	32	26	28	31	78	36	27	9	33.3	46.2	30	11	41	20	0	3
1/17/21	NYK	0	0	0	105	28	20	27	30	80	38	31	12	38.7	47.5	43	10	53	22	2	10
1/15/21	ORL	0	0	0	97	28	20	24	25	94	38	28	7	25	40.4	31	15	46	14	4	7
1/8/21	WAS	0	0	0	107	28	19	34	26	88	41	29	11	37.9	46.6	31	7	38	22	4	11
1/6/21	MIA	0	0	0	105	26	19	35	25	81	35	36	13	36.1	43.2	36	6	42	26	5	7
1/4/21	TOR	0	0	0	114	32	14	35	33	90	36	37	13	35.1	40	29	8	37	20	9	3
1/3/21	DET	0	0	0	120	33	24	31	32	86	41	36	16	44.4	47.7	25	8	33	29	5	4
1/1/21	DET	0	0	0	96	27	28	24	17	88	36	34	11	32.4	40.9	35	13	48	18	10	12
12/30/20	MEM	0	0	0	107	19	21	31	36	93	40	33	9	27.3	43	32	14	46	26	11	17
12/29/20	IND	0	0	0	111	26	31	37	17	84	43	33	12	36.4	51.2	32	4	36	27	3	10
12/27/20	IND	0	0	0	108	19	30	39	20	88	45	26	7	26.9	51.1	29	8	37	23	7	13
12/25/20	BKN	0	0	0	123	26	25	35	37	76	41	29	15	51.7	53.9	34	9	43	21	5	6
12/23/20	MIL	0	0	0	121	34	25	25	37	90	46	35	14	40	51.1	41	11	52	19	6	8

Celtics Team Leaders

Points Per Game

J. Tatum: 26.4

J. Brown: 24.7

K. Walker: 19.3

M. Smart: 13.1

D. Theis: 10

Assists Per Game

M. Smart: 5.7

K. Walker: 4.9

J. Tatum: 4.3

J. Brown: 3.4

J. Teague: 2.8

Rebounds Per Game

T. Thompson: 8.1

J. Tatum: 7.4

R. Williams: 6.9

J. Brown: 6

D. Theis: 5.9

Steals Per Game

M. Smart: 1.5

J. Brown: 1.2

J. Tatum: 1.2

K. Walker: 1.1

R. Williams: 0.8

Blocks per Game

R. Williams: 1.8

T. Fall: 1.1

T. Thompson: 0.6

J. Brown: 0.6

D. Theis: 0.6

Celtics Player Stats

NAME	RTG	MINS	PTS	AST	REB	STL	Blk	TO	FG%	FGM	3PTM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%
Jayson Tatum	93	2290	1692	276	472	75	31	171	45.9	605	187	485	38.6 0	295	340	86.8
Jaylen Brown	85	1999	1430	195	347	72	32	158	48.4	538	163	411	39.7 0	191	250	76.4
Marcus Smart	81	1581	627	273	167	72	23	96	39.8	203	93	282	33 0	128	162	79
Kemba Walker	88	1369	829	212	170	48	12	88	42	284	127	353	36 0	134	149	89.9
Tristan Thompson	79	1287	409	67	439	24	33	62	51.8	169	0	3	0 0	71	120	59.2
Payton Pritchard	67	1268	510	120	158	37	9	53	44	184	102	248	41.1 0	40	45	88.9
Grant Williams	73	1138	294	64	178	32	24	56	43.7	108	48	129	37.2 0	30	51	58.8
Robert Williams	74	985	417	94	358	43	91	52	72.1	186	0	2	0 0	45	73	61.6
Semi Ojeleye	70	950	260	37	147	17	0	21	40.3	89	58	158	36.7 0	24	32	75
Aaron Nesmith	74	669	218	23	127	15	9	23	43.8	78	40	108	37 0	22	28	78.6
Daniel Theis	81	574	230	41	136	16	14	25	52.2	93	16	57	28.1 0	28	43	65.1
Jeff Teague	77	334	138	59	31	8	5	25	46.9	45	10	26	38.5 0	38	44	86.4
Romeo Langford	73	283	56	13	35	6	5	10	35.6	21	5	18	27.8 0	9	12	75
Carsen Edwards	69	276	123	14	26	7	1	7	42.3	47	18	63	28.6 0	11	13	84.6
Tremont Waters	68	238	99	62	21	15	1	27	40.5	34	15	38	39.5 0	16	17	94.1
Tacko Fall	70	136	47	3	52	1	20	6	72.4	21	0	0	0 0	5	15	33.3
Javonte Green	71	128	41	6	19	10	4	6	45.2	14	3	8	37.5 0	10	10	100

Contents

Boston Celtics Team Stats 2021
Celtics Team Stats
Celtics Team Rankings
Celtics Team Offensive Stats
Celtics Team Defensive Stats
Celtics Team Leaders
Celtics Player Stats

The Boston front office made some big free agent moves across the last three seasons. Despite losing or trading three of these key additions, the Celtics' offense has steadily improved. The biggest improvement may be on the defensive end of the court. Boston ended the 2017-18 season in the bottom half of the NBA in points allowed. The Celtics finished the 2019-20 season as the second toughest team to score upon. Even though they've made changes at key positions, Boston still ranks in the top ten defensively. This will be critical as they try to match firepower with Philadelphia and Brooklyn now and in future seasons. Both the Nets and 76ers are rating top-10 scoring offenses. As the new season unfolds and the Celtics roster regains full strength, they will be a challenger in the Eastern Conference.