\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Boston Celtics have another shot Thursday night to punch a ticket to the Eastern Conference semifinals.The Celtics lead the Philadelphia 76ers in the series 3-2. Boston just needs one more win to take the series, and there are a few things the team should focus on.MAKE YOUR SHOTSThe Celtics did not do that in Game 5, not making a single shot in the final seven minutes of the game.They scored just 11 points in the fourth quarter.DERRICK WHITEAs good as he’s been over the years, White has been a liability on offense this series.In Game 5, he was 0-4 from the three-point line. In the series, he’s just 7-33 from beyond the arc, or 21%.White has to play like the big impact player we’re used to watching.DEFEND JOEL EMBIIDThe former MVP had 33 points in Game 5 and was allowed too many easy baskets.The Celtics have to make adjustments defensively and disrupt his game.SUPERSTARS NEED TO CLOSENeither Jayson Tatum nor Jaylen Brown scored a basket in the fourth quarter of Game 5.This game may come down to their ability to make plays down the stretch in the clutch to move on to the second round.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\tMANCHESTER, N.H. \u2014<\/strong> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n The Boston Celtics have another shot Thursday night to punch a ticket to the Eastern Conference semifinals.<\/p>\n The Celtics lead the Philadelphia 76ers in the series 3-2. <\/p>\n Boston just needs one more win to take the series, and there are a few things the team should focus on.<\/p>\n MAKE YOUR SHOTS<\/p>\n The Celtics did not do that in Game 5, not making a single shot in the final seven minutes of the game.<\/p>\n They scored just 11 points in the fourth quarter.<\/p>\n DERRICK WHITE<\/p>\n As good as he’s been over the years, White has been a liability on offense this series.<\/p>\n In Game 5, he was 0-4 from the three-point line. In the series, he’s just 7-33 from beyond the arc, or 21%.<\/p>\n White has to play like the big impact player we’re used to watching.<\/p>\n DEFEND JOEL EMBIID<\/p>\n The former MVP had 33 points in Game 5 and was allowed too many easy baskets.<\/p>\n The Celtics have to make adjustments defensively and disrupt his game.<\/p>\n SUPERSTARS NEED TO CLOSE<\/p>\n Neither Jayson Tatum nor Jaylen Brown scored a basket in the fourth quarter of Game 5.<\/p>\n This game may come down to their ability to make plays down the stretch in the clutch to move on to the second round.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Boston Celtics have another shot Thursday night to punch a ticket to the Eastern Conference semifinals.The Celtics…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":764519,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[40],"tags":[200841,35403,1339,3125,18165,313968,313969,251062,33353,14562,306626,68316,1260,43367,3123,1425,449,6166,62,261368,67,132,68,3851],"class_list":["post-764518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-76er","tag-basket","tag-basketball","tag-boston-celtics","tag-celtics","tag-celtics-76er-game","tag-closeneither-jayson-tatum","tag-eastern-conference-semifinal","tag-fourth-quarter","tag-jaylen-brown","tag-keys-to-the-game","tag-liability","tag-nba","tag-offense","tag-philadelphia-76ers","tag-playoffs","tag-point","tag-series","tag-sports","tag-superstar","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us","tag-white"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116495942085040428","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/764518","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=764518"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/764518\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/764519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=764518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=764518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=764518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}