"The advantages: the speed we can play with on the offensive end, the dribble-drive, the pace that we can create. Defensively we can pressure a little bit more."
"Both teams were doing it to each other. So you have to just continue to work on reads, angles, communication, individual defense. That's the disadvantage-advantage of playing small. When you have ten guys out there that can do it it just becomes a track meet."
"Always advantages and disadvantages,"
The Boston Celtics improved to 9-8 with a 138-129 victory over the Orlando Magic. Center Neemias Queta leads the team in net rating, with Boston outscoring opponents by 16.8 points per 100 minutes with him on the court and being outscored by 6.3 without him. Queta is the team rebounding leader at 7.9 per game, up from 3.8 last season. Queta left Sunday’s game with an ankle sprain and did not return; no timeline for his availability has been provided. Coach Joe Mazzula alternated between Chris Boucher as a traditional center and Josh Minott as a small-ball five, citing offensive speed and pressure advantages as well as communication and individual-defense drawbacks when playing smaller against bigger opponents.
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