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The fact that Boston’s first offensive possession during Friday’s visit
from the Atlanta Hawks ended with an Avery Bradley drive was no accident. The
Celtics have been looking to snap Bradley out of his recent offensive funk
and ran a rare designed play for him out of the gates.
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Celtics guard Avery Bradley is battling his way out of an offensive
funk.Coming off a Pierce screen on the right wing, Bradley turned the corner
and ended up at the charity stripe for two freebies when he was fouled
attacking the basket. One of Boston’s goals, particularly with Kevin Garnett
sidelined for two weeks, is to get individual players firing on all cylinders
before the postseason.
And getting Bradley back on top of his game at both ends of the floor is
crucial to Boston’s postseason success, hence why Rivers went right to him.
"I didn’t care if he scored or got to the foul line, he needed to see the
ball go in the basket," said Rivers. "I thought that was good for him."
"I haven’t been able to make many shots lately, but to see the ball go in
the hoop, that’s always good," Bradley said of his early offense on Friday.
"It got me rolling. But at the end of the day, I gotta just continue to keep
my confidence. I know my teammates have confidence in me. I’m going to play
hard no matter what, even if I’m making shots or not."
While it's not as pronounced of a slump, Bradley has seen his defensive
numbers dip ever so slightly recently. Over that same six-game span of
offensive struggles, his individual defensive numbers saw him allow 0.755
points per play, according to Synergy Sports data. That's still top-10
caliber defense, but Bradley leads the league in allowing only 0.69 points
per play overall (among all players with at least 375 defensive possessions).
Opponents still shoot a league-worst 30.7 percent against Bradley and score
on him on 31.8 percent of all possessions (also tops in the league).
Bradley endured a prolonged shooting slump at the start of his NBA career,
but emerged last season, fueling his ascension to a starting role. Rivers has
previously noted they've got to get Bradley back on track this year.
"Listen, Avery is trying his best," Rivers said earlier this week. "His shot
is struggling right now. He can shoot the ball, but when you’re thinking
about it -- he’s clearly going through something. We’re going to try to
have to get him through that, especially with all the guys out now. We’re
going to need him to be effective. I’m probably going to have to do
something to get him going more, not less. But I feel for him. He wants to
play hard, he wants to play right, but you can see it. We’ll get him going."
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