Celtics stats snapshot: taking stock of the team at game No. 10

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Celtics stats snapshot: taking stock of the team at game No. 10



Justin Quinn
Mon, January 11, 2021, 7:17 AM PST





The Boston Celtics have played 10 games of their 2020-21 NBA season, so we decided to take stock of who is doing what for the team now that we have a sample size big enough to tell us something about the state of the roster.

With the team owning seven wins and three losses — good enough for the third slot in a surprisingly competitive Eastern Conference — we have a solid idea of who the team will be leaning on in terms of a variety of statistical categories by now. There’s more than a few surprises in the early going however, so instead of a player-focused stats snapshot, let’s dive into what the entire team has been doing to rack up those wins despite being down several key players.


Points per game


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Jayson Tatum - 26.9 per game

Jaylen Brown - 26.3 per game

Marcus Smart - 12.2 per game

Payton Pritchard - 8.8 per game

Tristan Thompson - 8.4 per game


Rebounds per game


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Tristan Thompson - 8.5 per game

Jayson Tatum - 7.1 per game

Robert Williams - 6.5 per game

Jaylen Brown - 6.2 per game

Daniel Theis - 4.5 per game


Assists per game


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Marcus Smart - 6.4 per game

Jayson Tatum - 3.8 per game

Jaylen Brown - 3.5 per game

Payton Pritchard - 3.1 per game

Tremont Waters - 2.7 per game


Steals per game


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Jaylen Brown - 1.7 per game

Marcus Smart, Jeff Teague (tie) - 1.6 per game

Payton Pritchard - 1.3 per game

Robert Williams III - 1.1 per game

Jayson Tatum - 1 per game


Blocks per game


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Tacko Fall - 2.5 per game

Robert Williams - 1.5 per game

Daniel Theis - 1 per game

Jayson Tatum, Tristan Thompson (tie) - 0.8 per game

Jaylen Brown, Marcus Smart (tie) - 0.7 per game


3-point percentage


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Jeff Teague - 53.8%

Jayson Tatum - 43.8%

Payton Pritchard - 42.3%

Jaylen Brown - 42.1%

Grant Williams - 41.2%


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MY NOTE:  It is absolutely astonishing that rookie Payton Pritchard is on any of these stat leader lists.  Admittedly some of that is due to Kemba and JeT's injuries getting him a lot of minutes early (and hasn't been scouted yet?) but still, he has been very productive.  A home run by Danny and Brad.  Home. Run. We need to be cautious with stats like Tacko leading the team in blocks/game and Tremont Waters on the assists/game list, they just haven't played enough for us to know if that is truly representative.   But look at Grant Williams on the 3pt fg% list!  GWill has played in 8 out of 10 games and is taking 5.0 3pt fgas/game, in 19.1mpg.  That's a decent amount of data, so far.  He's taken 17 3pt fgas so far this season and took a grand total of 96 all of last year, so he's way ahead of last year's pace on attempts and, of course, on %.



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