Philadelphia won Game 1 with the league MVP in street clothes. Boston dominated Game 2 despite its best player — the guy fourth in the MVP voting this season — barely making an impact.
Welcome to the NBA Playoffs, where little makes sense but we know the Celtics have evened their series with the 76ers after a 121-87 blowout win.
Here are three takeaways from Game 2. “They pressured us, they denied us, they played in our air space all game,” was how Doc Rivers described the Celtics’ defense (while adding his team needs to move the ball more).
The Celtics had the second-best defense in the NBA this season, but they haven’t brought that to the arena every night during the playoffs.
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