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“He’s received to be extra aggressive and take extra photographs.”
Nick Nurse flashed an ungainly smile when requested about Tyrese Maxey’s evolution right into a premier scoring possibility within the NBA.
Maxey scored 21 factors in Recreation 1, properly under his regular-season common of 28.3. He shot 8 for 20 from the sector and used his pace to generate eight assists. It wasn’t sufficient to remain aggressive with the Celtics, who rolled to a 123-91 blowout victory.
Philadelphia wants extra manufacturing from the All-Star guard shifting ahead, Nurse mentioned.
“I’m simply smiling as a result of I’m going to provide the identical reply I’ve given you about 17 instances during the last two years,” Nurse mentioned. “He’s received to be extra aggressive and take extra photographs.”
“He’s simply received to search out them, wherever they’re. If it’s transition, if it’s deeper, if it’s extra probing, if it’s fadeaways, if it’s turnarounds, if it’s post-ups or no matter it’s. I simply need him to proceed to boost that degree of shot makes an attempt and aggressiveness.”
Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla was happy together with his staff’s defensive effort in Recreation 1. Derrick White began the sport guarding Maxey, however the Celtics additionally experimented with placing longer defenders equivalent to Jayson Tatum and Jordan Walsh on him at instances.
“He’s an awesome participant, you’re by no means going to close him down,” Mazzulla mentioned. “You need to throw a number of our bodies, a number of coverages, you need to guard him one-on-five. I assumed our degree of connectivity, the 5 individuals concerned on virtually each possession was actually essential, so I assumed we did job with that.”
Mazzulla expects a greater effort going ahead. The 76ers shot 4 for 23 from 3-point vary, a stat they’re unlikely to duplicate. The Celtics won the rebounding battle and pressured the 76ers by getting beauty in transition.
“In the beginning, we’ve received to play rather a lot higher in quite a lot of areas,” Nurse mentioned. “That’s the most important factor. We gave up manner an excessive amount of in transition. Gave quite a lot of iso[lation] baskets up. Simply didn’t for no matter motive rating properly sufficient, shoot properly sufficient. We’ve received to be higher schematically, we’ve received to be extra strong on the ball. It’s not only a tweak and adjustment someplace. We’ve received to play rather a lot higher.”
Shut calls
There have been a number of Recreation 2 upsets Monday night time.
There have been a number of Recreation 2 upsets Monday night time. The Knicks misplaced in opposition to Atlanta, and Anthony Edwards powered the Timberwolves to a victory in opposition to the Nuggets with a 30-point, 10-rebound double-double.
“We watched the late video games. Each video games went shut within the final three minutes. Simply making an attempt to be taught from the method of how totally different groups execute down the stretch,” Mazzulla mentioned. “Studying as a lot as we are able to. Aside from that, an important factor is to deal with us.
“Each sport takes on a lifetime of its personal. We don’t have management over that. We simply have to manage the way you play, the way you execute, and the way you progress on from every timeout to every timeout, every run to run, every sport to sport. You’ve simply received to play with that consistency.”
