Celtics vs. Spurs Stat Pack

*Happy 80^th birthday to Bill Russell.

*The Spurs’ 39.1% 3-point shooting is the best in the league this season.
–2^nd-best: New Orleans (38.2%)
–The difference between 1^st (Spurs) and 2^nd (Pelicans) is 0.9%, which is larger than the difference between 2^nd (Pelicans) and 7^th (Hawks).

*The Spurs are the only team that has yet to lose this season when outrebounding their opponent.

*Monday was Jeff Green’s 3^rd game with 1 or fewer rebounds when playing at least 30 minutes this season.
–Before 2013-14, Green had just 3 regular-season games of 1 or fewer rebounds when playing at least 30 minutes in his career.

*Since shooting 7-of-9 against the Kings, Jerryd Bayless has gone 2-of-14 from the field.
–He does have a combined 14 assists in those 2 games (had averaged 3.2 assists as a Celtic before those 2 games).

*The Celtics have yet to beat a team from the Southwest Division (0-7) this season.
–The Celtics are under .500 against each division, except for the Southeast (7-5).

*From Elias: “Jeff Green hit five of his eight field-goal attempts in the fourth quarter, helping the Celtics to a 32-point period that propelled them to a 102-86 victory in Milwaukee. Boston has now won four of its last five games, during which the C’s have connected on 57.3 percent of their fourth-quarter field-goal attempts. Prior to that span, over their first 48 games of the season, Boston had made only 40.8 percent of its fourth-quarter shots from the floor.”

*From Elias: “John Loyer came up a winner in his debut as an NBA head coach, defeating a four-time NBA-champion head coach in Gregg Popovich, as the Pistons topped the Spurs, 109-100. Loyer became just the second individual in NBA history – and the first in more than 55 years – to win his NBA head-coaching debut by defeating an opposite number with four NBA championships under his belt.”

*The Spurs had won their first 4 games this season without Tony Parker, but dropped their last one without the point guard (February 6 at Brooklyn).

*Via ESPN Stats and Info: “Jared Sullinger has 6 straight double-doubles, tied with Kevin Love for the longest active streak in the NBA.”

*Kelly Olynyk’s double-double on Monday was the first in his NBA career.

*Recent Meetings: Celtics vs. Spurs
–The Celtics have dropped the last 4 meetings.