ibanezjp wrote:Listened to the Locked On Celtics podcast today just to see what they were talking about. The guy said Celtics plan will be to start Ojeleye, and sacrifice him and Morris to foul the hell out of Giannis every time he drives. Scares me because if that’s the plan you know half of those won’t get called and we have Giannis FT shooting issues of late. Said they wouldn’t start Hayward so he stays out of foul trouble and can save him for crunch time. Sounds like the plan for them is ugly it up, keep it close, and hope to steal every game at the end with Kyrie and Hayward’s clutch shooting. So pretty much what they did against Indiana.
Also, the guy was EXTREMELY confident in that we will have no answer for Kyrie/Al pick and roll. The guy seems pretty knowledgeable and sane, not just some random Boston chowderhead screaming. Locked on Bucks is doing a crossover show with them tomorrow so they should be very interesting.
Not sure about sacrificing Morris cause they need his shooting. Ojeleye is also a pretty terrible offensive player and would allow Giannis to roam on defense in ways Boston won't enjoy. He barely slows down Giannis anyway so I'm not convinced the trade off is worth it. The Kyrie/Al PNR will be tricky to defend with Lopez but with him off the court I wouldn't be overly concerned.
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