« Reply #62 on: April 27, 2022, 03:20:13 PM »
Boston in 6.
I'm curious what the defensive strategy will be. With the Nets, the Celtics geared everything toward stopping Durant and Kyire and let the Nets role players have their way. Obviously, that strategy worked.
But I wonder if they won't go into Milwaukee with the opposite mentality. Maybe against Milwaukee the move will be to say, Giannis is going to get his but as long as everyone else is locked down the Celtics will win.
Yeah, was wondering the same thing. I think the Nets strategy is more dangerous against Milwaukee, because (a) the supporting cast has the championship pedigree and experience to take advantage of it with their shooters, and (b) Giannis is a much better passer out of the double team than someone like KD or Kyrie.
Honestly, given our defenders that we can throw out at Giannis in Horford (traditionally successful against Giannis), Timelord, GWill, Tatum, and Brown, I bet we largely single coverage him, play WAAYYYYY back and try to force him to shoot jumpers, and don't let the others beat us. Pretty much the opposite of the Brooklyn series, and I think it can be successful.
If we retain that elite interior D with our big lineup and don't let Giannis get easy shots inside or leave their shooters for him to pass to, that's a winning strategy in my book.
Yep.
And I'll add that Giannis feels harder to shut down because of how physical he is and how much work he does around the basket. KD and Kyrie are more jump shooters/finesse players so the Celtics could get physical with them. With Giannis, I don't even know what the strategy would be.
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