Rockets insider: Struggles to get established in low post throw offense for a loop
Boston Celtics assistant coach Damon Stoudamire, filling in for interim head coach Joe Mazzulla, talks to players during a time out in the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Houston Rockets, Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2022, in Boston. Mazzulla missed Tuesday's game with an eye injury, announced shortly before the start of the game against the Rockets.
Horry rolled his eyes, moaned, and looked as if in pain at just the thought of those long, repetitive drills. There were many other issues that allowed the Celtics to run away from the Rockets in the second half,Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum combined for 77 points. The Rockets, playing the second game of a back-to-back, seemed to hit a wall with the Celtics running through with a 19-5 finishing kick to close the game. The Rockets put up 45 3-pointers, matching their second-most in a game this season, but made just 31.1 percent.
“It impacted us a lot,” Rockets coach Stephen Silas said of the Celtics’ defensive plan. “They were switching pick-and-rolls and getting to a bunch of switching. They had Smart on Alpe at times and we were trying to get the ball into him. Marcus Smart is a low, strong, quick defender. Our post entries weren’t particularly good. It made it hard to play through Alpe, for sure.”
That was enough to limit Sengun to whatever he could do on the boards, where he got nine rebounds in his 22 minutes. Beyond that, he struggled to seal off defenders inside and Rockets teammates failed to thread the needle to get him the ball in the tight windows left open.“Post entry is a lost art,” Silas said. “I remember when I first came into the league, we would do post entry drills. You fake high and throw low; fake low and throw high.
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