golden wrote:
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FVV-OG-Siakam-Ibaka-Gasol
Defensively
FVV on Kemba
Siakam on Brown
OG on Tatum
That's intense defensive pressure on their perimeter players which is where most of their scoring is going to come from. If they beat their own man on the permiter (which will be tough as these are all very good defenders), they still have to deal with Ibaka and Gasol protecting the rim. I know that leaves Marcus Smart for Serge but Smart offensively is of less concern compared to Kemba/Brown/Tatum
Offensively
--We gotta break through their perimeter defence which is very strong, so you need to deploy a pick and roll with Siakam, with him either setting or receiving the screen. Back-to-the-basket iso's followed by Dirk fadeaways by Siakam will simply not work against the Celtics set defence. Haven't seen Siakam pnr against the Nets but now is the time.
--Gasol MUST shoot from the top of the key when he's open. If not, Theis will sag off him all day long, and be free to patrol the paint, and now we got our wings having to deal with a strong perimeter defence, plus Theis inside. Gotta pull him out of the paint by having Gasol aggressively shoot from outside, allowing Ibaka to grab offensive boards and have a strong inside presence.
--Have Norm/Davis/Thomas abundantly rain 3's vs their bench, which is weak. Gotta run lots of pin-downs and spot-up corner 3's for these guys.
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