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Avery Bradley was the Jenga piece that sent the Boston Celtics' tower tumbling. On http://www.buynba2k.com/Nba-live-mobile-Coins.html Thursday, the Celtics' season ended in a 104-92 defeat in Game 6 to the Atlanta Hawks, and it was the loss of one player that exposed all their flaws.The knock on the Celtics all season was their lack of star power, with people scoffing at 5'9 Isaiah Thomas being an actual leading scorer on a successful playoff team. In the first round, though, it wasn't Thomas but the rest of the Celtics who were exposed.Bradley's injury caused everything to unravel.
After a hamstring injury in Game 1, Bradley missed the rest of the series, taking away the Celtics' second-most reliable three-point shooter and immediately limiting the team's wing depth. In return, Atlanta decided to ignore Boston's shooters, smother Thomas and just gamble that the Celtics wouldn't hit enough shots to beat them.It worked.
In Game 2, the Celtics shot 5-of-28 from behind the line in a loss. In Game 5, they were 7-of-29 from three. They won Games 3 and 4 despite shooting below 35 percent in both contests. On Friday, Boston only managed to shoot 7-of-32, and several of those makes were in the fourth quarter with the game already put away.
On the other hand, despite Atlanta's punishing defense keying in on him, Thomas was able to produce throughout the series despite being limited by an ankle injury in the final game. His shooting numbers were understandably down -- again, the Hawks are a very good defense trying to http://www.buynba2k.com/ stop him -- but Thomas still averaged 24.2 points for the series with five assists. In the series finale, Thomas went for 25 points on 9-of-24 shooting with 10 assists.
After a hamstring injury in Game 1, Bradley missed the rest of the series, taking away the Celtics' second-most reliable three-point shooter and immediately limiting the team's wing depth. In return, Atlanta decided to ignore Boston's shooters, smother Thomas and just gamble that the Celtics wouldn't hit enough shots to beat them.It worked.
In Game 2, the Celtics shot 5-of-28 from behind the line in a loss. In Game 5, they were 7-of-29 from three. They won Games 3 and 4 despite shooting below 35 percent in both contests. On Friday, Boston only managed to shoot 7-of-32, and several of those makes were in the fourth quarter with the game already put away.
On the other hand, despite Atlanta's punishing defense keying in on him, Thomas was able to produce throughout the series despite being limited by an ankle injury in the final game. His shooting numbers were understandably down -- again, the Hawks are a very good defense trying to http://www.buynba2k.com/ stop him -- but Thomas still averaged 24.2 points for the series with five assists. In the series finale, Thomas went for 25 points on 9-of-24 shooting with 10 assists.