{"id":26004,"date":"2025-01-15T08:42:53","date_gmt":"2025-01-15T08:42:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=26004"},"modified":"2025-01-15T08:42:53","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T08:42:53","slug":"al-horford-just-made-a-celtics-statement-fans-might-not-be-happy-about","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=26004","title":{"rendered":"Al Horford just made a Celtics statement fans might not be happy about"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"article-intro mb-4 text-darkGrey font-group-large md:font-group-normal lg:font-group-large\">\n<p>Threeeeeees.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex items-center justify-between text-darkGrey font-group-bigger\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_1566,y_991,w_4793,h_2696\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images\/GettyImages\/mmsport\/18\/01jhhsth02h9dz0pjxsh.jpg\" alt=\"Boston Celtics, Three-pointers, Al Horford, New Orleans Pelicans, Joe Mazzulla\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"inline-text-0\">The Boston Celtics have been in a weird place for the past few weeks. Though they are 28-11 on the year, over their last 13 games, they are just 7-6. \u201cIt&#8217;s been a challenging month,\u201d Joe Mazzulla said after the Celtics\u2019 120-119 win over the New Orleans Pelicans on Sunday night. And Al Horford sees one potential issue.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\">See, the Celtics have become synonymous with threes. In the early stages of the season, they were jacking up a ton of shots from beyond the arc, and while they are still one of the top teams in terms of volumes, it hasn\u2019t been to the same extent. Horford thinks that number needs to change.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\">He spoke about the topic after Boston\u2019s win over New Orleans.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"inline-text-3\"><strong>Al Horford wants Celtics to take more threes<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\">Horford said that he thinks the Celtics should get back to shooting more threes. (H\/t Jay King of The Athletic)<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\">\u201cI don\u2019t know,\u201d Horford said of why the Celtics\u2019 three-point attempts have decreased. \u201cI wonder that, too. I\u2019m like, man, we\u2019ve gotta get those up. We had those numbers up \u2014 way up \u2014 earlier in the season and now it seems like we\u2019re taking less. I like when we shoot a lot of 3s so that\u2019s a really good question.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\">Through December 31, the Celtics were getting up 50.4 three-point attempts per game, which was first in the NBA by far. The Chicago Bulls were taking the second-most at just 44.2. But that hasn\u2019t been the case lately.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\">Since the beginning of the new year, the Celtics have averaged just 43.7 threes per game\u2014a steep drop-off from their previous volume. It still ranks first in the NBA, but the San Antonio Spurs are in second at 43.4, which is right behind Boston.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\">\u201cWe have a lot of good shooters,\u201d Horford said, \u201cSo, I feel like when we shoot more we have better chances. Also, it spreads the floor out, opens the floor up a lot for Jaylen and Jayson. I\u2019m sure that we\u2019ll get back there eventually. I can\u2019t really tell you honestly right now what it is. But I know we have practice (Monday) and we\u2019ll have a good film session and we\u2019ll continue to learn and address things.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-9\">Celtics fans have a very volatile relationship with the Celtics\u2019 three-point volume. When they are going in, everything is okay, but when they aren\u2019t, it\u2019s the first place they look for complaints.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-10\">And Boston has been shooting just 32.8% from three since the new year.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-11\">So, for Horford to say that the Celtics should be taking more threes may be a statement Boston fans aren\u2019t too happy to see.<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Al Horford said that the Boston Celtics should take more threes, and fans may not like that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":26005,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Al Horford just made a Celtics statement fans might not be happy about - 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