Pierce is only shooting 43% on the season. Allen at only 46%.

[17wasEZ]

That makes Rondo's assist numbers even that much more impressive. However, if these guys are gonna do some damage in the playoffs, they gotta shoot at a higher percentage.  Their rebounding woes make it imperative that the big 3 shoot closer to 50% collectively.

I realize that the D has been playing well, but when the opponent is shooting 25-30 free throws at home against the Celtics as well as picking up offensive boards, what else are they gonna have to fall back on?

[Celts Fan 92]

lol @ only 46% like thats a terrible number and Pierce mainly got off to a slow start cuz he was injured and out of shape his percentage increased every month you rondo fan boys dont be objective sometimes

[Interceptor]

D gets us most of the way there, but we fall back on Avery Bradley. We're used to this team's stagnant jump-shooting offense leading to big differentials between free throw attempts... but what happens when you throw in a guy like AB who's as fast as Rondo, but an 80% FT shooter? Or him + Rondo on the fast break?

Honey Badger's offensive game has really picked up lately.

[thestackshow]

D gets us most of the way there, but we fall back on Avery Bradley. We're used to this team's stagnant jump-shooting offense leading to big differentials between free throw attempts... but what happens when you throw in a guy like AB who's as fast as Rondo, but an 80% FT shooter? Or him + Rondo on the fast break?

Honey Badger's offensive game has really picked up lately.

We are better offensively and defensively with Bradley starting instead of Ray.

Bradley is a straight up STUD. Reminds me of russell westbrook without the handle. He can score from anywhere on the floor, 3 pointers, pull up jumpers, set shots, dude has it all, now if he spends the entire off season working on his off-the dribble moves and his handle, he is going to be a star.

[ManUp]

46% is very good for just about any perimeter. If you factor in the amount of long jumpers and 3's Ray takes it's even more impressive. Pierce on the other hand is suffering from a really bad start. To be honest, playing on a team full of jumper shooters with Doc's offense is the best thing that could happen to a player like Rondo. Rondo hits them when they're open and they convert more often than not. Ray, Pierce, Bass, and Garnet(even Bradley and Stiemsa) are basically automatic when left open. Team-mates not converting shots is not an issue for Rondo.

[17wasEZ]

lol @ only 46% like thats a terrible number and Pierce mainly got off to a slow start cuz he was injured and out of shape his percentage increased every month you rondo fan boys dont be objective sometimes

Not a Rondo fan boy.  But 46% for Ray on limited attempts isn't exactly where I would like to see him. As for Pierce, the guy is shooting 43% over his last 25 games (has made 159 shots in 366 attempts). Was he injured and out of shape at that time?

[Celtics4ever]

Ray is one of the best shooters ever.

[xmuscularghandix]

lol @ only 46% like thats a terrible number and Pierce mainly got off to a slow start cuz he was injured and out of shape his percentage increased every month you rondo fan boys dont be objective sometimes

Not a Rondo fan boy.  But 46% for Ray on limited attempts isn't exactly where I would like to see him. As for Pierce, the guy is shooting 43% over his last 25 games (has made 159 shots in 366 attempts). Was he injured and out of shape at that time?

43% from the field is fine if 50% of your shots are three's... and you're hitting then 43% of the time.

Pierce is fine too, i don't care that his efficiency is down. It's happening because he's being aggressive out there and trying to give the team 20+ every night. With KG and Bass being so efficient, the defense being so dominant, and Rondo being so aggressiveness offensively... you should want guys to be taking more shots.

The Celtics are shooting 46% as a team and holding their opponents to 41%. This really doesn't matter.

[Roy H.]

Ray's eFG% is the third highest of his career, and only slightly off from last year.  His shooting is fine.  His overall FG% is down somewhat, but that's partly because he's taking more threes this year.  His current 3PT% of 45.3% is a career high.

Pierce is having a poor shooting year compared to his normal excellent standards; this is his lowest eFG% since 2004.

[Fafnir]

Rays shooting is essentially the same as last years . He's just taking more threes instead of twos. His eFG and TS% are within a few points of his last few years.

Pierce hasn't actually been suffering from a slow start shooting wise. He has shot poorly on all of his jump shots this year relative to his last few years. He is around 37% on his midrange  shots down from 45% last year and that's held relatively steady his 3s are down too.

[17wasEZ]

lol @ only 46% like thats a terrible number and Pierce mainly got off to a slow start cuz he was injured and out of shape his percentage increased every month you rondo fan boys dont be objective sometimes

Not a Rondo fan boy.  But 46% for Ray on limited attempts isn't exactly where I would like to see him. As for Pierce, the guy is shooting 43% over his last 25 games (has made 159 shots in 366 attempts). Was he injured and out of shape at that time?

43% from the field is fine if 50% of your shots are three's... and you're hitting then 43% of the time.

Pierce is fine too, i don't care that his efficiency is down. It's happening because he's being aggressive out there and trying to give the team 20+ every night. With KG and Bass being so efficient, the defense being so dominant, and Rondo being so aggressiveness offensively... you should want guys to be taking more shots.

The Celtics are shooting 46% as a team and holding their opponents to 41%. This really doesn't matter.

PP is shooting 38% against Atl and Chicago combined. Those are his likely 1st two playoff opponents.  Allen isn't  getting up 21 per game anymore.  Although Allen's eFG% is high, I don't like that he doesn't take a lot of shots (only 10.7 attempts/game). Allen also gets to the FT line an avg. of 2.5 times per game.

Not panicking, just wondering where the Celtics will get their points when they need them against the elite competition.

Pierce is at 48% against Miami though.