Checking the film on Celtics’ rebounding woes vs. Hawks

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Checking the film on Celtics’ rebounding woes vs. Hawks originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston

Fret about late-game offense all you want — and we certainly didn’t love Boston’s play call at the end of regulation — but the story of Thursday’s game against the Hawks was the 17 offensive rebounds that the hosts turned into 28 second-chance points as the Celtics dropped two games in Atlanta over the span of four days.

Boston’s rebounding woes included allowing a painful 10 second-chance points in the fourth quarter, as the well-rested Celtics simply could not close out a Hawks team playing its third game in four nights, including the second night of a back-to-back.

So what went wrong? How did the Celtics get burned again after giving up 15 offensive rebounds (albeit for only 18 second-chance points) in a loss to Atlanta on Monday night? It seems impossible that Boston could get outworked and outhustled by the Hawks given the rest situation.

So let’s go to the film and look for notable missteps over a not-so-banner 17 rebounds given up:

17 offensive rebounds leading to 28 points for the Hawks on Thursday. Some bad luck on long bounces off Murray missed 3s but also some tough ball-watching lapses for Celtics in key spots.

What stands out? ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/Tc98aciOuT

— Chris Forsberg (@ChrisForsberg_) March 29, 2024

1. An airballed Dejounte Murray 3-point attempt lands near Clint Capela, who promptly dribbles it off his foot and out of bounds. It was the only offensive rebound the Celtics gave up over the first 12 minutes, an encouraging start after Monday night’s woes.

Fault: Bad luck. Result: No points.

2. Payton Pritchard doesn’t get a body on Bogdan Bogdanovic, who pursues his leaning 3 and gives Atlanta the first of eight (EIGHT!) second-quarter offensive rebounds. Bogdanvoic ultimately loses the ball out of bounds while trying to go up with a put-back.

Fault: Pritchard. Result: No points.

3. After helping to deny a baseline drive, Kristaps Porzingis finds Capela but never quite gets a body on him. The rebounds springs far enough for Capela to haul it in and the Hawks turn it into an immediate…

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Publish date : 2024-03-29 16:18:22

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