Jae Crowder tried his best to push his team to victory against the Knicks, but all the individual heroics in the world aren’t going to help you when you don’t get any help from your teammates. Let’s look at the most flagrant offenders:
Al Horford, 2-of-14, five points. Forget about his ten assists for a moment. Those don’t matter. I bet Celtics fans were booing him.
Marcus Smart, 1-of-6, four points. His hair looks like he got abducted by hobos who held him upside-down and dipped his head in a bucket of paint thinner.
Terry Rozier, 1-of-8, five points. Who told this guy it was okay for him to shoot? That’s not a very funny joke to pull on a guy.
Isaiah Thomas, 12-of-25, 39 points. Crowder needed help the most from Tiny Thomas but didn’t get nearly enough. Pathetic showing.
Jae Crowder’s Dreadlocks: 0-of-0, zero points. The dreads didn’t even attempt a shot even though they were on the court for 36 minutes. Talk about passive.
So, there we have it. Crowder needed help from his teammates, but, as you can see, he didn’t get any. He pretty much had to do everything himself. Maybe Celtics fans will actually appreciate him now rather than cheering for every opposing small forward who walks out of the tunnel.