Pat Riley is famous for coining the expression, “No rebounds, no rings.” The 2025-26 Boston Celtics are learning the hard way: “No rebounds, no wins.”

It’s only been three games, but the Celtics have been almost impossibly bad at rebounding opponents’ missed shots to start the 2025-26 season. Opponents have grabbed a staggering 41.6 percent of their own missed shots, the worst mark in the league by nearly 4 percent.

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Consider this: The Celtics ranked seventh in the NBA last season while allowing opponents to grab just 28.3 percent of their misses. Sunday in Detroit , the Pistons rebounded an absurd 47.4 percent of their own missed shots, the highest output by any team in the league this season.

That result came j

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