A closer look at the Celtics' plus and minuses following a second viewing of their preseason-opening win against the Charlotte Hornets on Sunday night at the TD Garden.
FOUR UP
Carsen Edwards: The 21-year-old (11 points on 4-of-9 FG in 17 minutes) may have been playing his first NBA game but he looked like a savvy veteran with some of his mannerisms on the offensive end. Watch this action here as he drifts from setting a screen to immediately shooting up towards the left wing around a Robert Williams’ screen.
CARSEN EDWARDS. WALKING BUCKET. pic.twitter.com/Yo7qPuRyLl
— Dan Greenberg (@StoolGreenie) October 6, 2019
Carsen Edwards vs. Charlotte Hornets:
• 18 minutos
• 11 pontos
• 1 rebote
• 1 assistência
• 1 roubada
• 1 toco
• 4/9 FG (44%) | 3/6 3PT (50%)
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— 4theWin (@_4thewin) October 7, 2019
15 points on perfect 7-of-7 shooting for Javonte Green, including some insanely athletic dunks. Yeah, that's the first NBA game @2Xtremebounce ever attended. You read that right!
Full highlights ➡️ https://t.co/UrstwirilI pic.twitter.com/NhLLRCbtyb
— Tomek Kordylewski (@Timi_093) October 7, 2019
The highlight here is Grant Williams helping and getting the block, but this is the first time in this game that I've seen a big slide and stay in front of his man, so defensive points here to Vincent Poirier pic.twitter.com/26IwAF0CFU
— John Karalis ?? (@RedsArmy_John) October 7, 2019
I don't know what Williams is doing here. I don't know if he's supposed to double but he doesn't even do that. It forces Hayward to pick up Zeller which leaves a wide open corner 3.
Williams is so athletic, he can hang with his guy & come over to challenge if the shot goes up. pic.twitter.com/z9A5PJRgl6
— John Karalis ?? (@RedsArmy_John) October 7, 2019
Great ball movement ???@cody_martin15 | #AllFly pic.twitter.com/vYHY2mzYur
— Charlotte Hornets (@hornets) October 6, 2019
- Brad Wanamaker really struggled to finish around the rim. Was blocked two times and blew another layup. Solid performance otherwise.
- Grant Williams had a team-high plus-14 in plus/minus. He might end up playing the most out of any rookie this year if he keeps showing positive intangibles.
- Enes Kanter showed off some nice hands in the paint off tough passes.