The Celtics' start to the 2025-26 NBA season has had its ups and downs so far, with many areas of struggle that they've had to navigate.
They have had defensive and offensive issues, making it hard to win games when there's a lack of consistency on both ends of the floor.
Free throws have been one of the issues on both ends, causing the Celtics to be the worst in one free-throw statistic this season by a landslide.
What free-throw statistic is Boston last in?
Through about half a dozen games, the Celtics are worst in the NBA in 'OPP FTA- Team FTA', with Opponents taking a combined 84 more free throws than the Celtics have through the seven games they've played (via StatMuse).
The Celtics have the least amount of FTA this season, with 17.6. Opponents have taken 12.0 more FTA when playing Boston this season, averaging 29.6 FTA.
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The Celtics have committed the 8th most fouls in the NBA this season, with 24.4 PF and have drawn the second fewest amount of fouls, at 18.86 PF.
In terms of 'OPP FTA- Team FTA', the second-worst team in the league in this area after the Celtics is the Wizards, with 43 fewer FTA than opponents.
That's 41 less than the Celtics 'OPP FTA- Team FTA' this season, indicating that the Celtics have a huge problem they have to work around.
Lack of rebounding has been an issue that has come to fruition after the many concerns people had about the Celtics' potential size issues.
This gives the opponent a lot of second-chance point opportunities and increases the likelihood of more fouls being called when players are battling for rebounds and trying to block shots under the basket.
The Celtics also tend to take a lot of 3PA, but they aren't hitting it at a high enough rate to win games. They lead the NBA in 3PA at 47.3, but are 5th worst this season with a 32.6 3P%.
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