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Swansea City Premier League Sun 5am HT Golf Channel Valero Texas Open: Round 4 Golf Sun 7am HT NBCSN INDY Lights IndyCar Sun 8am HT RSN Event Warriors Playoff Central NBA Sun 8:30am HT Golf Channel Bass Pro Shops Legends of Golf at Big Cedar Lodge: Round 3 Golf Sun 8:50am HT NBCSN Barber Race IndyCar Sun 9am HT RSN Event Hawks vs. Celtics Game 4 NBA Sun 11am HT RSN Event Warriors Playoff Central NBA Sun 12pm HT Live Extra Swinging Skirts LPGA Classic: Round 4 Golf Sun 12pm HT Live Extra Valero Texas Open: Round 4 Golf Sun 1pm HT NBCSN Premier League Match of the Day Soccer Sun 5pm HT A. Sherrod Blakely Game 3 at the half: Home sweet home for Celtics Game 3 at the half: Home sweet home for Celtics By A. Sherrod Blakely April 22, 2016 9:15 PM BOSTON – Well it looks like all the Boston Celtics needed was a change of scenery and a change to their lineup to turn around their first half struggles against the Atlanta Hawks. The Celtics had by far their best first half of the series which was instrumental in them taking control from the very outset and take a 57-45 lead into the half. Prior to the game, Celtics head coach Brad Stevens announced that Evan Turner that be starting in place of Marcus Smart. No surprise there. But then he added that Jonas Jerebko would be replacing Jared Sullinger in the starting lineup which would be his first time with the first unit as Celtic. And both proved to be changes for the better, with Turner’s ability to penetrate and either set up shots for teammates or himself, while Jerebko gave the Celtics better spacing because he was a greater threat to score from the perimeter than Sullinger. But he soon proved himself to be more than just a decoy out there. Jerebko was aggressive with the ball, scoring from the perimeter as well as off penetration. At the half he had seven points and eight rebounds along with three assists. Maybe the one player who benefited most by the new lineup was Isaiah Thomas who had 11 points in the first quarter alone. That was more than he had scored in the first quarter of Games 1 and 2 combined. At the half he led all scorers with 19 points on 6-for-12 shooting from the field. Boston led by as many as 20 points in the first half before the Hawks gradually climbed their way back into the game. A scoop shot by Jeff Teague cut Boston’s lead to 49-37 which was part of an 8-0 Atlanta run. Atlanta made it a 51-41 game following a running jumper by Kyle Korver. But the Celtics came back with a driving lay-up by Isaiah Thomas who was fouled on the play with 2:08 to play in the half. The Hawks eventually cut Boston’s lead to single digits on a driving lay-up by Teague that made it 54-45 with about a minute to play in the half. But the Celtics scored the final three points of the quarter which included a lob dunk from Thomas to Amir Johnson that pushed Boston’s lead at the half to 12 points. Tags: Atlanta Hawks , Boston Celtics Beyond the numbers: Celtics offense hits historical lows Beyond the numbers: Celtics offense hits historical lows By A. Sherrod Blakely April 22, 2016 11:45 AM BOSTON – Even the most casual observer of this Boston-Atlanta series knows the Celtics have been at their worst to start games. But how bad have they been? Well, there’s the seven-point first quarter they put up in Game 2, which was actually the worst display of scoring ineptitude in the first quarter of an NBA playoff game in the shot-clock era. As you examine the numbers more closely, the striking contrast between what’s happening now compared to how Boston fared in the regular season is pretty shocking. In the regular season, Boston’s offensive rating (points scored per 100 possessions) in the first quarter was 103.8. In the playoffs, it has plummeted to 49.4. Boston’s defense has clearly not been the problem to start games, evident by their defensive rating in the first quarter in the regular season being a respectable 98.0, which has taken a slight hit to where it has been 99.9 in Games 1 and 2 thus far. Not surprisingly, the team’s effective field goal percentage has taken a major fall as well. It was .506 in the regular season, but has been .214 in the playoffs. One of the factors in Boston’s struggles has been ball movement, which has featured players not finding teammates often enough for assists opportunities, or players simply missing shots after dribble penetration. Boston had a solid assists-to-turnover ratio in the first quarter this season of 1.90. In Games 1 and 2, that number dipped to 0.88. Celtics coach Brad Stevens knows his team has to find a way to turn things around for 48 minutes. But as we have seen in Games 1 and 2, the first six minutes or so have proven to be the difference in each game. In the 102-101 Game 1 loss, the Celtics trailed 18-10 after the first six minutes. And in Game 2, the Celtics were looking up at a 21-3 deficit at the halfway point of the first. So, while the goal is to be as balanced as possible, the Celtics know that their offense – particularly their first quarter offense – has to be significantly better if they are to get back into this series with a win tonight. “At the end of the day, we’ve defended how we wanted to more often than not,” Stevens said. “And offensively we have to be better. You can’t dig yourself that big of a hole early. That puts pressure on you to make the next one and the next one and the next one. We’ve had our down moments, we’ve had our down quarters in games. We’re looking forward to [tonight].” Tags: 2016 NBA Playoffs , Atlanta Hawks , Boston Celtics , Brad Stevens Crowder, Thomas get move improved player votes Crowder, Thomas get move improved player votes By A. Sherrod Blakely April 22, 2016 11:15 AM BOSTON – The Celtics had a pair of players finish among the top eight vote-getters for the NBA’s Most Improved Award, which went to Portland’s C.J. McCollum. Jae Crowder, who set personal bests in just about every statistical category this season, was sixth in the voting after receiving 25 votes (one first-place vote, eight second-place and 16 third-place votes) for a total of 45 points. Teammate Isaiah Thomas, named to his first All-Star team this season, was eighth in the voting after receiving a total of 12 votes (three first-place votes, three seconds and six thirds), which totaled 30 points. First-place votes are worth five points, second place three points and third place votes receive one point. 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