J. Kyle Mann

Even within games, if it's like, it feels like they should be winning by this game by more.

Why is this close in the fourth quarter?

Obviously everyone will want to focus on their defense.

They're 11th in defense.

That's objectively good enough.

Um,

even their defensive rating with Brunson and towns, both on the floor is about the same as their overall defensive rating.

Good enough.

They have since January 1st, I looked this up today.

They are, they have allowed the ninth fewest shots at the rim since January 1st, which was a big, big change for them.

Cause for a while they were like bottom three and shots at the rim, bottom three and threes, which is allowed, which is like, you just can't win that way.

And they've stressed, like, we're going to pack the paint.

And try to fly out at shooters.

And if we surrender some threes, so be it.

And they've done pretty well at that.

By the way, Boston also an elite team at just... We're going to wall off the paint and fly around to try to disrupt threes as best we can.

They are...

They are the masters of the a driver gets into the paint.

Someone else takes him.

The driver's defender peels out to the perimeter to take the three point shooter that that other defender just left.