Daniel Theis: Everyone knows I don’t care about the scoring. I care about the defensive parts

Boston Celtics big man Daniel Theis was among the 4 players who scored at least 25 points in the road win over Minnesota.

Brad Stevens after the match has nevertheless praised his defensive work: “I think the way that he plays just fits the other guys perfect. His defense is just really, really good, you saw we had him at the top of the key quite a bit there on different alignments. He can guard guards and he can protect the rim.”

The german big man just loves the dirty work: “At the end of the day,” he said, “everyone knows I don’t care about the scoring. I care about the defensive parts.”

Theis is averaging 8.6 points, 6.4 rebounds and 1.3 blocks per game.