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[QUOTE="champs99and04, post: 5018534, member: 488"]
Yup, and it may simply be about Boston's 3-7 being that good as opposed to Dallas' being limited.  Gafford, Lively, Jones, and Washington were all playing their roles at a high level coming into tonight, but the Celtics are forcing them out of their comfort zone.  The only things I questioned about the Celts coming into the season were whether Porzingis could stay healthy and whether Jrue would continue to play at a high level at 34.  Given that the answer to both appears to be yes, the Jrue-White-Jaylen-Tatum-Porzingis lineup has to be on a very short list of best five man units in the last couple decades.  Very, very rare to put five guys out there at once who are all plus players on both sides of the floor.

A lot of one on one.  That can work in spurts when you have Luka and Kyrie, but very hard to sustain over 48 minutes.  It's only one game but Kidd and co. really need to spend the next two days working more off-ball movement into the offense.  Boston's perimeter defenders are so good that they'll turn you over if you can't alleviate that ball pressure with screens.
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