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Watching Cleveland defend last night against the Warriors snipers is such a stark contrast to how Cleveland defends the Celtics.
Verses the C's, Cleveland packs it in the paint with their extreme height/rebounding advantage daring the C's to launch 3's knowing the law of Celtic shooting averages favors the Cavs, especially when Cleveland will OWN the boards…..and I can't say OWN loud enough. The C's don't even attempt offensive rebounds with Cleveland's fast break in the back of their minds. A hot shooting Celtics team has a chance, but the stars must be aligned. Over a seven game series, you become what you are. For the C's, a poor shooting/ inept rebounding team …..with a lot of heart/fight
On the other hand, the sniper accuracy of GS pulls the Cavs' defense out of the paint which allows Curry and company to find slashing open men for layups. That's RESPECT for GS's strength……and Cleveland has yet to solve this enigma.
Which gets us back to building a Celtics s Championship roster. Lots of assets to hopefully secure====> big men and shooters /shooters and big men…...build a roster to win both ways. (sound so easy ). Or should Ainge just scour the planet attempting to secure every sniper not nailed down to a contract and go for full frontal Rick Pitino/Knicks "launch party" just chucking bombs till it rains trophies? Three is a bigger number than two… ..in this new NBA. Looking at the NBA finalists big men….is my worry about finding rebounding unwarranted?
Verses the C's, Cleveland packs it in the paint with their extreme height/rebounding advantage daring the C's to launch 3's knowing the law of Celtic shooting averages favors the Cavs, especially when Cleveland will OWN the boards…..and I can't say OWN loud enough. The C's don't even attempt offensive rebounds with Cleveland's fast break in the back of their minds. A hot shooting Celtics team has a chance, but the stars must be aligned. Over a seven game series, you become what you are. For the C's, a poor shooting/ inept rebounding team …..with a lot of heart/fight
On the other hand, the sniper accuracy of GS pulls the Cavs' defense out of the paint which allows Curry and company to find slashing open men for layups. That's RESPECT for GS's strength……and Cleveland has yet to solve this enigma.
Which gets us back to building a Celtics s Championship roster. Lots of assets to hopefully secure====> big men and shooters /shooters and big men…...build a roster to win both ways. (sound so easy ). Or should Ainge just scour the planet attempting to secure every sniper not nailed down to a contract and go for full frontal Rick Pitino/Knicks "launch party" just chucking bombs till it rains trophies? Three is a bigger number than two… ..in this new NBA. Looking at the NBA finalists big men….is my worry about finding rebounding unwarranted?
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