Even without Bosh, Miami worries me.
Wade and Dragic have the size to bother our backcourt. Whiteside can dominate the boards. Deng, Green, Amare are veterans who might step things up a bit in the playoffs. Winslow is a wild card.
Joe Johnson has made a huge difference in Miami. He put Detroit away making shot after shot down the stretch yesterday. We are 2-0 against Miami with no Joe Johnson. It is a different ballgame now.
I forgot about Joe! Yes, that scares me even more. He knows how to get shots against dinky defenders in the halfcourt. Hello, problem for the Celtics!
Dragic, Wade, Johnson, Deng, Whiteside --- this lineup scares me deeply.
Honestly, I feel Bradley/Smart and Crowder should put Wade and Johnson into the torture chamber most nights.
Joe Johnson has a pretty good track record beating up on the Celtics, though. Wade's had some pretty good nights as well.
Guys with the size and strength to do a quick backdown have an advantage against smaller guards who like to swarm the ball. They're not going to be flummoxed the way some ballhandlers are.
Once they get inside, Dragic and Wade are going to score against the Celts' interior defense (or lackthereof).
Exactly! I don't know why some people want Miami in the 1st round. Gimme Charlotte or Atlanta before them. To many solid vets and would be a brutal series. Joe Johnson was a machine last night down the stretch against Detroit. Made buckets after buckets.
Have you not seen what Atlanta has done to us this year? And charlotte has been exceptionally amazing since the break
There is no gimme match up, Charlotte is probably best. Picture I.T. attacking the basket and what team he is going to have success against in the playoffs. Miami would be a far more physical series and no way do we run away with it. Atlanta is a big problem to but would prefer that problem to Wade, Whiteside and Stoudamire bashing I.T. and friends around for 6 or 7 games.
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