Boston has had 15 point second half leads in game 1 and 2, both games the offense fell apart because of Toronto’s dipshit zone defense a 2 year old could figure out. Stevens blew game 3 against Toronto playing zone defensively and instead of sweeping Toronto the series went 7 and fatigue is showing in the series, the Celtics are shooting far better in the first half of games.
Boston has never beaten a more talented team than them in the playoffs and they blew game 7 against a Cleveland team with no one other than Lebron. Analytics have value but Stevens is too tied to them and Boston is shooting too many threes isn’t the second half of games when they get tired.
The media keeps saying this guy is a genius, he’s won nothing against equal or more talented teams and his team blew the game seven against a Cleveland team that wasn’t that talented, he’s getting a pass just like Rivers because the media likes him. No nba team with multiple all stars should be losing double digit late game leads because of basic zone defense.