Doc Rivers refuses to blame his team’s effort after the loss against Milwaukee Bucks – NBA Update
At 37.41 per game, Boston Celtics are the worst rebounding team in NBA at present, and given how the C’s like to identify themselves, this certainly is a disgrace.
Boston have had a difficult season so far, and at 9-8, the team is performing much below the standards, it normally sets. For their coach Doc Rivers, the frustrating part has been the lack of intensity and after his team lost out
to the Brooklyn Nets two nights back, he came down hard.
However, after yesterday night’s loss against the gritty Milwaukee Bucks, he seemed in a relatively better mood and refused to criticize the effort of his team;
"No, I'm not mad at all," Rivers told reporters in Milwaukee. "We had a bad rotation leaving Jennings, but that was the effort, again. So, I'm not upset at all over the loss. They made some shots, they fought back. Give them a
lot of credit, down 17-0, they could have easily thrown in the towel and they just hung in there. I thought both teams hung in there and they made some big shots, we missed some. It's always going to be a make-miss league."
Boston have been inconsistent all season long. Even on Saturday night, they let a 17-0 first quarter advantage evaporate and then after Brandon Jennings put the Bucks up by three down the stretch, Jason Terry and Paul Pierce missed
shots on open looks.
Rivers playing without his ace point guard Rajon Rondo, who was serving a two game suspension, has got a lot of great players including veterans on his team, but has failed to create the chemistry. After Ray Allen departed to the
Miami Heat this summer, the C’s added a lot of steel to their roster on both ends of the court. They acquired Terry, Courtney Lee and Leandro Barbosa, and also have decent options on the front court in the form of Jared Sullinger, Jeff Green, Fab Melo and
Brandon Bass.
These players combined with the big three of Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and Rondo should definitely have made a more convincing start to the season, but there have just been too many open holes on the D. These shores have to filled
as quickly as possible, otherwise it will become the new culture at Beantown.
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