interesting post from the bulls blog:
I commented earlier today that I wasn't enamored of the Magic matchup
that said – I’m not thrilled about the prospect of matching up against the Celtics.
Rose is our most important take-over player on offense and Rondo just happens to be the best PG defender in the game today, and Rondo is very, very good on the pick and roll game – which remains Derrick’s biggest weakness on defense. The Celtics set great screens, so Derrick is going to struggle to stay in front of Rondo. Rondo is just as quick as Rose, and when Derrick is moving laterally and trying to stay in front, especially after getting screened by the C’s bigs… it could get ugly for Derrick.
Gordon needs to be great for us to win games against the Celtics. Ray Allen is going to absolutely abuse him when Ben is on defense, and he should be able to alter Ben’s shots just by way of his height. Ben will be forced to drive more than he likes, and driving into the teeth of that Celtics defense is not going to fun for Ben…at all.
Salmons doesn’t look right lately with the groin injury and Pierce is a great post-season player and is the second best SF in the league (behind only LeBron)… so I’m not thinking very positively about that matchup.
KG appears to get into Tyrus’s head (see: 2-17 shooting game at the start of the season).
Noah should be a solid matchup with Perkins.
Tom Thibodeau’s defensive schemes against Vinny’s “offense” should be quite a site to behold.
This is going to be very, very ugly.