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Originally Posted by PaCeRhOLiC
We probably won't win, but I don't think that it's going to be a blowout either...103-95 C's
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I say 96-91 Pacers. This is going to be a defensive game, and I think our team will rise to the occasion and have one of our best defensive games of the year, especially with JO back. The Celtics are a perimeter oriented team, they really have nobody in the post except for
maybe Garnett, but he is more of a mid range shooter. Perkins has a decent game every once and a while, but he isn't exactly a dominate post player. They have Glen Davis, but he doesn't get many minutes and probably can't keep up with our tempo, which is another thing we are going to have to try to push, because the Celtics like to play a half court game.
Offensively we need to exploit the mismatch to be, with Ray Allen trying to guard either Granger or Dunleavy. I could see one of those going off because Ray Allen isn't really a lock down defender and he is 2 inches shorter than Granger and 4 inches shorter than Dunleavy so either of those shouldn't have a problem getting their shots off. But of course that miss match goes both ways, since they have two dominate wings, Dunleavy will probably be exploited for his defense so that might be a wash. Our PGs will probably struggle when Rondo is on the floor, so we will probably play Diener against him since Diener is more of a destributer than a offensive player, and he takes care of the ball much better. Against Cassell we will probably put Murray in for offense since Cassell is older and his defense has probably slumped a bit, so Murray might pose a problem for him. Hopefully JO can help us tonight and out score Garnett (if he gets the minutes) to give us an advantage offensively.