After all, he is almost 35 years old. Has the Celtics backcourt status really declined significantly?

In the previous NBA Eastern Conference semi-finals G6, the New York Knicks, who returned to their home court, defeated the Boston Celtics 119-91. After this game, the Knicks locked the total score of the series at 4-2 and successfully advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals. They will compete with the Indiana Pacers for a place in the finals; while the defending champion Celtics were somewhat unexpectedly eliminated in the Eastern Conference semi-finals.

In this game, the performance of Celtics' starting and backcourt player Jrue Holiday was a disaster. Holiday played 29 minutes and 44 seconds in the whole game, 1 of 8 shots, 0 of 2 from outside the three-point line, and 2 of 2 free throws, and scored 4 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 steal. He also had 2 turnovers and 2 fouls, and the plus and negative value was also low to -34. Holiday has shown good personal defensive ability on the defensive end and has played a good role in the defensive end. However, the problem is that his performance on the offensive end is really poor, his scoring ability is seriously insufficient, he also lacks sufficient passing ability and organizational ability, and he has almost no ability to provide any help and support to the team on the offensive end. Even if he can play a certain role on the defensive end, his negative impact on the team on the offensive end is actually too prominent and too obvious.

In the NBA regular season this season, Holiday made a total of 62 appearances in 82 games, averaging 30.6 minutes per game, averaging 11.1 points, 4.3 rebounds, 3.9 assists, 1.1 steals and 0.4 blocks, and 1.2 turnovers and 1.6 fouls. His shooting percentage was 44.3%, three-point shooting percentage was 35.3%, and his free throw shooting percentage was 90.9%. In the playoffs, Holiday played 8 games in these 11 games, averaging 33 minutes per game, with averaging 9.5 points, 4.1 rebounds, 4 assists, 0.9 steals, and 0.1 blocks. He also had 2 turnovers and 3.1 fouls. His shooting percentage was 48.3%, his three-point shooting percentage was 34.6%, and his free throw shooting percentage was 69.2%.

Holiday's decline this season is actually quite obvious. His offensive efficiency and three-point shooting percentage in the regular season are very average. His offensive data also declined significantly compared to last season. In the playoffs, Holiday's contribution on the offensive end further declined. We may have felt before that the Celtics had certain problems in the distribution of ball rights, and Holiday could not play his greater value in this situation. However, from this game, we can also intuitively feel that Holiday's problem is not that he does not have enough ball rights, but that it is really difficult for him to play a more important role on the offensive end. After all, Holiday is also a 35-year-old veteran, and it seems that he is really old.