Despite a lack of size in their frontcourt, Boston gets rebounding done by committee

“The Celtics are 21st in points allowed per possession, but there’s no cause for alarm,” cautions ESPN’s Zach Lowe.

With their frontcourt being thinner than they might otherwise like with veteran forward Danilo Gallinari out until at least the postseason with a torn ACL and starting center Robert Williams III likely out at least a few more weeks, it can often be a challenge for the Boston Celtics to get rebounds.

But they have found a way to make it work as a team by collecting the boards as a unit and done so well enough to attract national attention while they do it. Such attention was recently paid them by ESPN senior writer Zach Lowe, who sung the praises of Boston’s rebounding-by-committee as part of his recurring “10 things” columns.

“The Celtics are 21st in points allowed per possession, but there’s no cause for alarm,” cautions Lowe.