""Rebounding was a big one," Jaylen Brown said. "I've got to do better getting on the glass. We've just got to - a lot of them are long rebounds and kind of didn't go our way. We've got to figure out how to come up with those. I think that was a big deflator for us when we play good, solid defense and then they get an offensive rebound and another attempt.""
"Those struggles were especially acute in Friday night's 105-95 loss to the Knicks, which featured the Celtics' worst performance on the defensive boards in recent memory. Boston gathered rebounds on just 58.0% of New York's misses, its lowest mark in any game since 2020. The Knicks' 21 offensive rebounds - including six each by Karl-Anthony Towns and Josh Hart, and three by ex-Celtic Guerschon Yabusele - were tied for the third-most the Celtics have allowed in the last decade."
Boston's roster changes left rebounding as a clear weakness, with Jayson Tatum unavailable and primary bigs Kristaps Porzingis, Al Horford and Luke Kornet elsewhere. Joe Mazzulla's team ranks second-worst in defensive rebounding rate and third-worst in total rebounding rate through two games. In a 105-95 loss to the Knicks, Boston secured just 58.0% of New York's misses, its lowest single-game mark since 2020, while New York collected 21 offensive rebounds. Karl-Anthony Towns and Josh Hart had six offensive boards apiece and Guerschon Yabusele added three. The Knicks outscored Boston 21-7 in second-chance points. Jaylen Brown said he must do better on the glass and called the offensive rebounds a deflator despite otherwise solid defensive play.
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