NEW STORY: Sam Hauser went off on Saturday night, but his under-the-radar impact has been there all year. He’s shooting 43% from three in January, but that’s not all. “He’s one of the better defenders that we have,” said Joe Mazzulla.

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  1. But I coulda sworn a bunch of people on Celtics Reddit said he was a terrible defender

  2. I agree about his defense. He’s been great out there.

    But I do wish he didn’t take those last 6 horrible 3s last night. I know he was going for the record, but it was a bad look and they weren’t even remotely decent shots to take

  3. The thing I’ve found most impressive about his defense is how well he plays his angles

    He’s limited as a lateral mover but he turns and spaces nearly *perfectly*

    He cuts off attacks and passing angles really really well simply by how he positions his body, definitely maxing out his defensive ability relative to his lack of athleticism

  4. Sam is a very solid and sturdy defender.

    There’s a lot of people in here who think he sucks at defense because he’s white. Same with PP.

    Like it or not, there’s a lot of prejudice applied to white players still. Pathetic really.

  5. He was on fire last night until he hit his tenth 3, and then everything got super forced and increasingly desperate as he tried to hit the next one — missing next seven attempts or so.

    The game briefly shifted and that was its only purpose, to get Hauser his eleventh (and then hopefully his twelfth to take the franchise record from Marcus Smart).  Instead it was just miss after miss after miss, not a great way to end the game.

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