{"id":498165,"date":"2026-03-01T21:31:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T21:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/498165\/"},"modified":"2026-03-01T21:31:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T21:31:08","slug":"nikola-vucevic-is-getting-comfortable-in-the-boston-celtics-offense-and-it-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/498165\/","title":{"rendered":"Nikola Vucevic is getting comfortable in the Boston Celtics offense – and it shows"},"content":{"rendered":"

If the Boston Celtics putting up historic numbers in terms of efficiency vs. the Brooklyn Nets<\/a> in Boston’s 148-11 blowout at TD Garden this past Friday (Feb. 27) evening was not enough of a clue that new Celtics center Nikola Vucevic was starting to feel more at home in Boston’s elite offense, the fact that the Montenegrin big man tied star Celtics forward Jaylen Brown in scoring with 28 points off the bench should be.<\/p>\n

And Vooch admitted as much after the win, saying “I\u2019m still getting used to, obviously, the new offense and all my teammates and learning their tendencies and things like that, finding my way”<\/p>\n

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“At times I do feel like I overthink a little bit, and then makes me kind of hesitant and it takes away my aggressiveness,” he added.<\/p>\n

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Feb 27, 2026; Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Brooklyn Nets forward Danny Wolf (2) drives to the basket while Boston Celtics center Nikola Vucevic (4) defends during the first half at TD Garden. Mandatory Credit: Bob DeChiara-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

“I felt like (vs. Denver), I was just able to put a little more together, just play off teammates when I was getting good looks, shots were falling which obviously helps,” said Vucevic. “Just have to find the right balance of playing my game, being aggressive, and using my instincts, but make it fit within what we want to run.”<\/p>\n

“I think just the more we play together, the more I learn my teammates tendencies, the more they learn what I like, it\u2019ll help us. But, I thought tonight it came together pretty well. I think the offense was running pretty smoothly.”<\/p>\n

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