As we approach the halfway point of the season, Boston is still the 1 seed. Rob has come back and the rebounding has improved as Boston now only has a 0.5 rpg deficit instead of the 2 rpg deficit at around the 20 game mark and the defense is now up to 10th (in DRTG), but as I also projected the offense has taken a hit, though Boston still has the top offense in the sport (by both ppg and ORTG). Net Rating is 2nd.
Hauser continues to be a pleasant surprise. He has played quite well and his shooting has remained great. White's shooting has come back down to more in line with his career averages, I had hoped he had it figured out, but it appears his start was more just a hot streak and not the new normal. Pritchard isn't playing much, perhaps he can be moved to get a veteran big man (of similar or slightly better quality). It would be nice to add someone in behind Al, Rob, and Grant that can reliably play, especially as Al and Rob continue to take nights off (no offense to Blake and Kornet, but we need to be better there).
Overall a very positive 1st half. As I said, I'd like to see another big man added and I'm also a bit concerned that no one else has had their typical 2-week injury yet (Brown, Smart, and Brogdon have typically had one of those), but on the whole excellent 1st half.