I agree with this. Except for some shoddy defense from Hayward all game (which really bothers me lately) and a brief, but miserable stretch with Kanter-Wanamaker-Green, the team overall played decent defense. When at least most of the team is staying connected, opponents have to earn their baskets. On the flipside, the Cs kept running and kept looking for each other in the halfcourt. Plus Kemba went bonkers.Something about this year's Celtics that I find puzzling, but in a good way: they seem to be right in a lot of games where they don't play particularly well. I watched part of last night's game, and Milwaukee for a while couldn't miss a 3-point shot (true, they weren't being defended well much of the time). So today I checked the box score: the Bucks shot 52% from three. The Celts shot a relatively miserable 31%. Yet they only lost by 5. It seems last year with those percentages they would have lost by closer to 20.
I too was encouraged by the comeback and thoroughly enjoyed the second half. It's something to build on.