Rotations for game 5

[Ogaju]

IT
Bradley
Jae
Jonas
Horford

Rozier
Smart
KO
Gerald

Honestly, I'm tempted to bench Jae in favor of Gerald. The defensive drop off isnt as huge as we would be led to believe. Jae's defensive is supremely overrated, but Gerald is a much better shooter and can actually bring it to the rim.

where is Brown in this rotation did you leave him off by design or by mistake.

[greenhead85]

Morris and Otto Porter are contributing too much against us.

Could an experiment with a few playing time for Mickey help in slowing their aggressiveness in the paint? Besides, I think he is the most athletic big that we got right now.

Didn't catch Game 4. But I think before the game, the duo's contribution in the series is really a big problem for the team to address.

[hagar55voa]

Play Zeller...

[manl_lui]

I honestly though game 4 was a winnable game for us and still do, I think there were a few issues that definitely and CAN be adjusted for game 5

back to game 4 3rd quarter specifically when they went on a 26-0 run, I am refusing to pin the blame on any individual, the entire team needs some blame of some sort

1. IT forcing his way to the paint (although his post game complaint was partially right, the home team probably got more benefit of the doubt from the refs, and to be fair, the same went for us in game 2 where Bradley stole the ball from Wall in OT, which was clearly a grab on his wrist) but besides the point, IT was coughing up the ball a lot when driving
2. Smart was trying to play some hero ball
3. Crowder forcing up 3 pointers
4. Bradley 5 points in the game so just basically a bad shooting night for Bradley
5. Poor pick and roll defense, Wall + Gortat basically was doing whatever they wanted
6. Brad failure to call a timeout before it was too late, I thought he should've called the timeout after 6-8 points straight
7. Celtics playing panic ball after coughing up a few TOs

I think all those could've been fixed, probably won't happen but I would like to see happen, is Brown/Zeller/Rozier to have their minutes increased

[nebist]

I would start Olynyk.  I know it messes up our bench rotation, but the Wiz bench sucks anyways.  We need to find a way to match up with their starters better.
IT
Bradley
Crowder
Olynyk
Horford

That lineup gives us the best chance of matching up with the size of Morris and Gortat while still being able to put 4 players that can plausibly hit a 3 around IT, so the Wizards can't triple team him without paying for it.

Then we utilize our small-ball lineups against the Wiz bench when they don't have their two best bigs in.  I'd play the following guys most off the bench.
Smart
Rozier
Jaylen (small-ball 4 or at the 3 with Crowder at the 4)
Jonas (small-ball 5)

With our overall size disadvantage and the way the Wiz are playing IT, we can't play anyone that has zero shot at hitting a 3.  That means Amir and Zeller can't play at all.

You can make a case for Green over Brown since he's a better shooter, but I'd give Brown a shot as he has more 2-way upside if he has a good game.

I'd try to sub Smart and Jonas in for IT and Horford mid-quarter and run with Smart/AB/Crowder/Jonas/Kelly against their starters for a few minutes and let Smart and AB harass Wall and Beal.  Then I'd come back with a mixed bench unit of IT/Rozier/Smart/Brown/Horford against the Wiz bench and try to make hay in those minutes.

[celts55]

I honestly though game 4 was a winnable game for us and still do, I think there were a few issues that definitely and CAN be adjusted for game 5

back to game 4 3rd quarter specifically when they went on a 26-0 run, I am refusing to pin the blame on any individual, the entire team needs some blame of some sort

1. IT forcing his way to the paint (although his post game complaint was partially right, the home team probably got more benefit of the doubt from the refs, and to be fair, the same went for us in game 2 where Bradley stole the ball from Wall in OT, which was clearly a grab on his wrist) but besides the point, IT was coughing up the ball a lot when driving
2. Smart was trying to play some hero ball
3. Crowder forcing up 3 pointers
4. Bradley 5 points in the game so just basically a bad shooting night for Bradley
5. Poor pick and roll defense, Wall + Gortat basically was doing whatever they wanted
6. Brad failure to call a timeout before it was too late, I thought he should've called the timeout after 6-8 points straight
7. Celtics playing panic ball after coughing up a few TOs

I think all those could've been fixed, probably won't happen but I would like to see happen, is Brown/Zeller/Rozier to have their minutes increased

That's an awful lot of thing to go wrong. How do you think they could have been fixed?