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波特兰开拓者（37-23）波士顿凯尔特人（37-24）

Wednesday, February 27 - 5:00 p.m. PT
开拓者受伤：埃文·特纳（出去）
Celtic injuries:阿隆·贝恩斯（Out）
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波特兰开拓者队希望继续在波士顿的七场比赛之旅中的第四场比赛中取得成功。到目前为止，波特兰在周一在克利夫兰的13分胜利是最低胜利的最低利润，在这次旅行中取得了3-0的战绩。开拓者队于11月在波特兰击败凯尔特人队100-94。

自全明星休息以来，波士顿首次在家比赛。他们在周二晚上在多伦多以118-95失利。损失结束了0-3的公路旅行，其中还包括密尔沃基和芝加哥的损失。凯尔特人队在37-24处并没有达到对赛季的高度期望。凯里·欧文（Kyrie Irving）和戈登·海沃德（Gordon Hayward）返回了名单，这使勒布朗领导的克利夫兰骑士队（Cleveland Cavaliers）在去年的东部会议决赛中获得了七场比赛，凯尔特人队的球迷们期望无非是NBA总决赛。取而代之的是，关于他们的化学和不一致游戏的问题使他们陷入了东部的第五种子。

要注意什么

• 油漆中的点。Since adding Enes Kanter, the Blazers have scored 58 points in the paint per game. Kanter and Jusuf Nurkic have combined to给开拓者一个艰难的内饰，，，，averaging 36.3 points and 17.7 rebounds in three games together. The Celtics are a top-5 team at limiting opponents’ scoring inside, but with backup center Aron Baynes out, Boston only has one player in their rotation over 6’9”: Al Horford (one of the better defensive big men out there). In November’s matchup of these teams Nurkic scored 18 and pulled down 17 rebounds (7 offensive). Portland will hope the combination of Nurkic and Kanter can continue to bully their way to easy points inside.
• 捍卫这三个。Boston is third in the NBA in three-pointers made per game with 13.1. They make a high percentage of 37.1—just ahead of Portland’s 36.3. They are led by Kyrie Irving and Marcus Morris who are each shooting over 40 percent, but the Celtics have a balanced three-point attack. Six different players shoot better than 35 percent on at least three attempts per game. The Blazers will need to move quickly on defense and close out on Boston’s shooters.
• 放慢了凯里·欧文（Kyrie Irving）。最近，对波士顿控球后卫的大部分关注都集中在他的关于队友的评论and潜在的休赛期计划。如果您经历了潜在的分心，欧文将有一个愉快的季节。他的场均得分为23.8分（在2016-17赛季的职业生涯最高25.2分），同时投篮命中率最高49.6％。他还贡献了6.9次助攻和4.8个篮板（两名职业生涯最好）。波士顿是一支平衡的球队，但凯里·欧文仍然是进攻的推动力。

他们在说什么

John Karalis of Mass Live looks at波士顿赛季的积极性：

Lost in the madness of perplexing losses is that this Celtics team is still good. They’ve won 62 percent of their games and have the league’s third-best net rating. They are one of only four teams currently with a top-10 offensive and defensive rating (Milwaukee, Denver, and Toronto are the others).

他们做得很好，但是他们当然可以做得更好。最终，获胜和损失是重要的统计数据，而凯尔特人队的取得了不错的成绩。没有人会争论。

Jeff Clark of Celtics Blog wonders如果波士顿可以“翻转开关”：

认为他们可以“翻转开关”的团队的问题是，他们的假设常常是错误的。冠军是由最有才华，最努力和最幸运的团队赢得的。拿走那个凳子的任何腿，整个东西都倒下了。

It is still unfathomable to me that last year’s Eastern Conference try-hard team added Kyrie Irving (as well as a limited Gordon Hayward) and now all of a sudden they only show up when they feel like it. I know that Irving was on some flip-switchy teams in the past, but I don’t think we can blame it all on him either.

Boston.com的Chad Finn说the Celtics need to get their act together:

我没有放弃这个小组，但我只是放弃有关如何解决这个问题的明确解决方案。芝加哥的损失有很多罪魁祸首，从稳定的阿尔·霍福德（Al Horford）未能挡出几个后来的篮板到海沃德（Hayward），看起来像他在数周内到达塔图姆（Tatum上场时间。如果他要进入时光的矿山模式，那么Brad Wanamaker是时候抽一些时间了，尽管这几乎无法解决一切。

损失是如此加重，却如此熟悉，以至于看着欧文试图接管延伸的任何满足感。在他的卓越表现中，他们辞职了。