Celtics vs. Pistons Stat Pack

*Heading into Sunday, Rajon Rondo has had back-to-back games of at least 7 turnovers for just the 2^nd time in his career.
–He has never gone 3 straight games with that many turnovers.

*Rondo has made at least one 3-pointer in each of his last 4 games, the longest streak of his career.

*The Pistons have lost each of their last 8 road games.
–The last time they lost at least 9 road games in a row: February 23 to April 5, 2011 (11 in a row).

*Before Friday, the last time the Celtics won a game in which they committed at least 25 turnovers was November 8, 2006.
–Last time in a non-overtime game: December 23, 2001.

*On Friday, the Celtics became the first NBA team to commit 25 turnovers and allow fewer than 85 points since the Lakers did so on January 8, 2012 (against the Grizzlies).
–The last time the Celtics accomplished this feat: December 23, 2001 (also against the Grizzlies).

*On Friday, Rondo had at least 20 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists and 4 steals in the same game for just the 9^th time in his regular-season career (11^th time overall).
–Last time: November 12, 2012

*It was also just the 3^rd time in Rondo’s career that he had a stat line of at least 20 points, 7 rebounds, 9 assists and 4 steals in the same game.
–Friday was his first time with that stat line at TD Garden.

*Kris Humphries has posted a negative plus/minus in each last 8 games, tying his single-season career-high.
–He had 8 straight negative plus/minus games from March 8 to 22, 2010 (with the Nets) and from December 15, 2004 to January 3, 2005 (with the Jazz).
–His longest overall regular-season streak is 9 games: April 15 to November 14, 2007 (with the Raptors).

*Jerryd Bayless played a season-high 39 minutes in Friday’s game.
–Last time he played at least 39 minutes in a game: January 31, 2013
–Last time he played at least 39 minutes in a home game: April 13, 2011

*It was an odd Friday night for the Nets: they shot 6-of-32 (19 percent) on their uncontested shots. They went 23-of-48 (48 percent) on contested shots.

*Recent Meetings: Celtics vs. Pistons
–With two more losses to the Pistons this season, this would be the first time that the Celtics were swept by the Pistons since 2006-07.
–The C’s have dropped 6 of the last 7 meetings between the 2 squads.

By The Numbers: Does Kris Humphries Have Much Left in the Tank This Season?

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Celtics vs. Nets Stat Pack

*Kris Humphries has posted a negative plus/minus in each last 7 games, which is just one game off his single-season career-high.
–8 straight negative plus/minus games from March 8 to 22, 2010 (with the Nets) and from December 15, 2004 to January 3, 2005 (with the Jazz)

*The Nets have won each of their last 4 games and are the only Eastern Conference team with a current winning streak of at least 2 games.

*The Nets are also the only NBA team that currently has a .500 or better record and a negative point differential.

*Rajon Rondo’s 7 turnovers on Wednesday were his most since January 20, 2013.
–Unsurprisingly, the Celtics have lost each of the last 4 regular-season games (5 games including the playoffs) when Rondo has turned the ball over at least 7 times. However, they had never lost 2 such games in a row before that 4 regular-season game stretch.

*On Wednesday, the Celtics shot better on their contested shots (14-of-35, 40 percent) than they did on the uncontested shots (16-of-41, 39 percent).

*The Celtics have given up at least 100 points in each of their last 8 games. It is their first such streak of this length since December 2004/January 2005 (11 in a row).

*The Celtics have been outshot overall in each of their last 8 games, which is their longest streak since March 2003 (8 in a row) and is tied for the longest overall streak this season (done 3 times before: one each by Jazz, Bulls and Blazers).
–Last team to do at least 9 games in a row: Kings (9 in a row from April 12 to November 8, 2013)
–Last Celtics team to do at least 9 games in a row: February 2001 (9 games)

*Recent Meetings: Celtics vs. Nets
–The Celtics have lost their last 3 meetings with the Nets and 5 of their last 6.
–The C’s were 17-2 against the Nets from the beginning of the 2007-08 season to the end of the 2011-12 season.

Celtics vs. Warriors Stat Pack

*14 of Jeff Green’s 22 field goal attempts on Saturday were contested. Those 14 contested shots were a game-high. That is the most contested shot attempts for a Celtic in a game since Rajon Rondo attempted 18 against the Suns on February 19.
–Green made just 4 of those contested 14 shots that night. However, Green made 6 of his 8 uncontested shots on Saturday.

*Rondo had a game-high 3 secondary assists on Saturday. The last Celtic with that many secondary assists was Phil Pressey on January 29.
–The rest of the Celtics had 3 secondary assists on Saturday. The Pacers had 5.

*Rondo, who is averaging 83 touches per game this season (13^th-highest in the league), has had at least 100 in each of his last 2 games and at least 100 in 4 of his last 5 games.
–Only 4 players (Isaiah Thomas on February 22, Brandon Knight on February 10, John Wall on January 22 [125 touches in overtime game] and Kendall Marshall on January 17) have had at least 100 touches against the Celtics since Rondo came back on January 17.

*The Warriors are 5-5 this season on no rest.
–They are 31-19 otherwise.

*The Celtics had 5 first-quarter turnovers on Saturday, but had only 3 the rest of the game.
–It was Boston’s 2^nd-fewest turnover total in a game this season.

*Rondo has been fantastic from downtown recently.
–Rondo is now 12 of his last 25 from 3-point land after starting 4-of-19 this season.
–He missed his final 13 attempts from 3-point distance in 2012-13.

*Rondo has 3 straight double-doubles for the first time since January 22-25, 2013 (3 in a row).
–The last time he had 4 consecutive double-doubles games was October/November 2012 (7 in a row).

*On Saturday, Kris Humphries had his first double-double since January 21 at Miami. It was just his second home double-double as a Celtic (other one: December 31, 2013 vs. the Hawks)
–Unfortunately, the Celtics are 0-5 this season when Hump has double-doubled.

*Happy belated 22^nd birthday to Jared Sullinger.
–The man out of Ohio State had exactly 22 steals and 22 blocks in his rookie year.
–In addition, Sullinger’s career corner 3-point percentage is 22.2 percent.

*The last time Jared Sullinger had more free throw attempts than 3-point attempts in a game was exactly a month ago.

*The Celtics have more offensive rebounds than their opponent in each of their last 9 games, which is their longest streak since February/March 2000 (13 games).
–It is the 3^rd-longest streak by any team this season and the longest current streak in the league.
–The longest overall one this season: Grizzlies (14 straight in December/January)

*The Celtics have given up at least 100 points in each of their last 7 games for the first time since December 2004/January 2005 (11 in a row).

*The Celtics have a worse 3-point percentage than their opponent in each of their last 9 games, which matches the longest streak this season (Bucks in December/January).
–It the Celtics’ longest streak since January/February 1993 (9 games).
–Last time the Celtics went 10 in a row in the regular season: April/November 1991

*The Celtics have been outshot overall in each of their last 7 games, which is their longest streak since March 2003 (8 in a row).
–It is also the longest current streak in the league.
–The longest overall ones this season: 8 games (done 3 times: one each by Jazz, Bulls and Blazers)

*Recent Meetings: Celtics vs. Warriors
–The Celtics have won the last 5 times they have hosted the Warriors.
–Last loss: 2006 (Al Jefferson, Baron Davis and Delonte West scored the final 3 buckets of that 96-95 Warriors victory)
–The C’s have also won 8 of their last 9 home games against Golden State.

By The Numbers: Is This Jeff Green’s Time to Shine?

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Celtics vs. Pacers Stat Pack

*On Wednesday, Jerryd Bayless attempted his 3^rd-most shots in a game in his career. He hit 5 shots from 3-point distance for only the 4^th time in his career and for the first time since March 17, 2012.
–He scored 29 points for the first time since March 23, 2013 (when he scored 30 points against the Celtics as a member of the Grizzlies).

*On Wednesday, Gerald Wallace has his first double-double in more than a year. His last double-double was February 11, 2013.
–He also had his best plus/minus (+25) since April 9, 2013 (+30 in the Nets’ 104-83 victory over the 76ers).
–In Wallace’s 16 starts this season, the C’s were 3-13.

*Rajon Rondo has back-to-back double-doubles for the first time since January 22-25, 2013 (3 in a row).
–The Celtics are now 3-11 with Rondo in the lineup this season.

*Although Rajon Rondo missed his first free throw on Wednesday, he started a new streak. He has now made 5 consecutive free throws heading into Saturday.
–He has attempted a free throw in 4 consecutive games for the first time since January 11 to 18, 2013 (4 in a row).

*Chris Johnson is one of the fastest players in the NBA – only 4 players have played at least 15 games this season and have a faster speed than Johnson’s 4.6 miles per hour.

*On Wednesday, Jeff Green played 40 minutes in a home win for the first time this season.
–He scored at least 17 points and grabbed at least 8 rebounds for the 5^th time this season. The Celtics are 4-1 in those games.

*Green’s 16.8 points per game are on pace to be the lowest for a Celtics’ leading scorer since Dee Brown in 1993-94.

*On Saturday, Green will start with Rondo for just the 15^th time in his career and each of those games have come in the last month and a half.

*Green has made at least one 3-pointer in 20 consecutive games, the longest streak of his career.

*When Green faces the Pacers, Green will be looking to accomplish another feat for the first time as an NBA player.
–He hopes to put up at least 17 points in his 6^th consecutive game.

*There has been odd symmetry with regard to Green’s scoring recently: he has gone for 17, 21, 29, 21 and 17 points in his last 5 games.

*Before Wednesday, the Celtics became just the 2^nd team to go 5 straight games allowing at least 100 points and scoring fewer than 100 points (the Magic in January went 6 in a row).
–It was also the first time for the C’s franchise since February 1994 (6 games in a row).

*The Celtics have more offensive rebounds than their opponent in each of their last 8 games, which is their longest streak since January 2001 (8 games).
–It is also the longest current streak in the league.
–The longest overall one this season: Grizzlies (14 straight in December/January)
–On Saturday, the C’s will go for 9 in a row. Last time they had a streak that long: February/March 2000 (13 games)

*The Celtics have given up at least 100 points in each of their last 6 games for the first time since 2010 (6 straight games in March/April 2010).
–Last time the C’s went 7 in a row: December 2004/January 2005 (11 in a row)

*The Celtics have a worse 3-point percentage than their opponent in each of their last 8 games, which is their longest streak since January/February 1993 (9 games).
–It is also the longest current streak in the league.
–The longest overall one this season: Bucks (9 straight in December/January)

*The Celtics have been outshot overall in each of their last 6 games, which is their longest streak since April 2007 (6 games).
–It is also the longest current streak in the league.
–The longest overall ones this season: 8 games (done 3 times: one each by Jazz, Bulls and Blazers)
–Last time the C’s went at least 7 in a row: March 2003 (8 in a row)

*Via Elias: “The Pacers’ 118-98 win over the Lakers at Bankers Life Fieldhouse was their league-high ninth home win this season by at least 20 points. It also improved Indiana’s record to 43-13 (.768), marking the fewest games into any season in its NBA history that the Pacers stood at least 30 games above .500.”

*Recent Meetings: Celtics vs. Pacers
–The Celtics have won 9 of the last 11 and 13 of the last 16 times that they have hosted the Pacers in the regular season.

Celtics vs. Hawks Stat Pack

*Chris Johnson has shot an NBA-best 14-of-24 (58.3 percent) from the corner 3 this season (minimum 20 corner 3 attempts). Gerald Wallace is 11-of-19 (57.9 percent) from the corner 3 this season. The Celtics are the 13^th-best team this season in corner 3 percentage (39.7 percent).
–Rodrigue “Roddy Buckets” Beaubois had a career-best 59-percent corner 3 shooting in 2010-11 (4^th-best that season; minimum 10 corner 3 attempts). Although he only had 17 corner 3 attempts in 2010-11, he still has shot 44 percent from the corner 3 during his career. The best NBA teams this season from the corner 3: #1 Heat (45 percent) and #2 Pacers (41 percent)

*Although Jeff Green has a double-digit negative plus/minus in each of his last 5 games, he is looking for his 4^th consecutive game with at least 20 points on Wednesday.
–If he does so, it would be the first time in Green’s career that he went 4 consecutive games with at least 20 points.

*With their loss on Tuesday against the Bulls, the Hawks have already lost 9 games in February.
–Last time they lost at least 9 games in a month: March 2013 (went 8-10)
–Last time they lost at least 11 games in a month: January 2008 (went 4-11)

*Monday was the first time in Kelly Olynyk’s NBA career that he put up at least 20 points and more than 5 rebounds in the same game.

*Rajon Rondo has made 7 consecutive free throws heading into Wednesday.
–The last time he did that: 10 in a row combined between Games 2 and 3 of the 2012 Eastern Conference Finals
–The last time in the regular season: 7 in a row from April 10 to 13, 2012
–The last time in the regular season with more than 7 in a row: had 9 in row from March 11 to 19, 2012 (finished that streak in Atlanta)

*Monday was only the 4^th time in Rondo’s regular-season career that he attempted at least 6 free throws and made them all (has done it twice in the playoffs).

*The Celtics are 7-5 against the Southeast Division this season, which is their only above-.500 record against a division

*The Celtics have lost all 4 games without Jared Sullinger this season.

*The Celtics have more offensive rebounds than their opponent in each of their last 7 games, which is their longest streak since March 2007 (7 games).
–It is also the longest current streak in the league.
–On Wednesday, the C’s will go for 8 in a row. Last time they had a streak that long: 2001 (8 games)

*The Celtics have given up at least 100 points in each of their last 5 games for the first time since 2010 (6 straight games in March/April 2010).
–On the bright side, the 76ers have given up at least 100 points in each of their last 11 games and are on pace to have the 2^nd-worst American professional basketball month in history (in terms of point margin). The worst month in American professional basketball history was the Denver Nuggets in March 1950 (-22.4 PPG). The 76ers in February 2014: -19.7 PPG

*The Celtics have a worse 3-point percentage than their opponent in each of their last 7 games, which is their longest streak since March 2007 (7 games).
–It is also the longest current streak in the league.
–The longest overall one this season: Bucks (9 straight in December/January)
–On Wednesday, the C’s go for 8 in a row. Last time they had a streak that long: 1993 (9 games)

*Recent Meetings: Celtics vs. Hawks
–The Celtics had won the previous 4 home regular-season meetings (and the previous 7 home meetings including the playoffs) before the Hawks won on December 31.