2001-02 vs. 2002-03

[Eggcentric@xxxxxxx]

Our defense has not matched last season in intensity. But if you 
look at the following season to season comparisons, our across 
the board shooting, rebounding, and assist totals are killing us 
more than our defense.   Our team is still poorly constructed
and our opponents are leading us in almost every important
stat.  Yet how many more games would we have won if only a 
few more threes had hit their target. Wait ... did I say that?

CELTICS team averages

       2001-02  2002-03 (49 games)  
FG% .424    .415
3P% .359    .339
FT% .764    .750
RPG 42.2    40.7
APG 21.0    19.1
SPG 9.7     9.4
BPG 3.6     3.9
TO      13.6    14.4
PPG 96.4    94.1

OPPONENTS team averages

        2001-02     2002-03 (49 games)  
FG% .425    .431    
3P% .340    .336
FT% .771    .757    
RPG 45.9    45.2    
APG 22.0    22.0
SPG 7.6     7.5
BPG 5.8     4.7
TO      16.3    16.4
PPG 94.1    94.1