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Celtics need to focus on screens

Key element of Boston's offense hasn't been generating shots of late

Updated: January 9, 2011, 5:02 PM ET
By Chris Forsberg | ESPNBoston.com

CHICAGO -- Celtics point guard Rajon Rondo admirably pinned Boston's offensive struggles during Saturday's loss to the Chicago Bulls on himself, noting after the game that it is his job to quarterback the team, and as such, any offensive turbulence falls on him.

But on a night when coach Doc Rivers suggested that Boston basically "bounced the life out of the game," it was painfully obvious that a heavy-legged Celtics squad playing its fifth game in seven days and the back end of its second ...

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