Round 2 Lead Up - Celtics on Deck - Game 1 Sunday Noon - Full Schedule Released Page 18

jschligs · Post #421 » by **jschligs** » Thu Apr 25, 2019 3:36 pm

Just bought 2 tickets for Sunday from a friend, great price. Insanely excited as it was on a complete whim!

crkone · Post #422 » by **crkone** » Thu Apr 25, 2019 3:36 pm

H2tObes wrote:
crkone wrote:

This begs the question, what is the C's offensive rating when Ojeleye plays?

Yeah it's not good. 105 on, 111 off. +1.5 net for the year though. I'm not sure what his on/off is when facing Giannis specifically. Giannis also destroyed him in the second game so I kinda take last years numbers with a grain of salt. He only had one possession on Giannis in the 3rd game and Giannis got an assist for a 3.

usvtheman · Post #423 » by **usvtheman** » Thu Apr 25, 2019 3:42 pm

LMFAO I'm not taking this series lightly, but if they think Semi Ojeleye is their magic bullet maybe I should be. What a joke.

H2tObes · Post #424 » by **H2tObes** » Thu Apr 25, 2019 3:50 pm

usvtheman wrote:LMFAO I'm not taking this series lightly, but if they think Semi Ojeleye is their magic bullet maybe I should be. What a joke.

The notion that a guy who couldn't even see the floor rd 1 will now be used to stop the MVP is hilarious, I would love to see Semi get big minutes

SupremeHustle · Post #425 » by **SupremeHustle** » Thu Apr 25, 2019 3:59 pm

I hope the first couple of shots Giannis hits are 16 footers. He'll be able to do whatever he wants on offense after that.

Ruben Quevedo · Post #426 » by **Ruben Quevedo** » Thu Apr 25, 2019 4:02 pm

Ron Swanson wrote:James Johnson, Thad Young, Rudy Gobert, now Semi Ojeleye. People keep hyping up these apparent "Giannis stoppers" and it always seems to backfire in spectacular fashion. So yeah, please keep talking up Al Horford and Ojeleye.

Giannis has "figured it out." The same way Lebron did in 2007, and Steph in 2015, and Harden last year. There's only a few guys in the league who can slow him down now, let alone "stop" him. And yeah...Ojeleye isn't one of those guys.

They will have no answer for him. The relevant question is how well the supporting cast plays (namely Bledsoe and Midds) and whether Brook can survive the high pick n roll they are going to run every time down the court.

Chuck Diesel · Post #427 » by **Chuck Diesel** » Thu Apr 25, 2019 4:05 pm

I’m more interested to see what our plan is for Kyrie.

FrieAaron · Post #428 » by **FrieAaron** » Thu Apr 25, 2019 4:06 pm

Their net rating with Ojeleye on court against us in 53 minutes is -9. -3 off-court. Unsurprisingly their two biggest positives are Horford and Kyrie.

LonghornBuck · Post #429 » by **LonghornBuck** » Thu Apr 25, 2019 4:12 pm

Can't wait to see how Bledsoe comes out this series. He seems like he's been way more engaged on defense this year, I doubt Rozier crosses him like he did last year in the playoffs.

DingleJerry · Post #430 » by **DingleJerry** » Thu Apr 25, 2019 4:12 pm

Chuck Diesel wrote:I’m more interested to see what our plan is for Kyrie.

Think there will be more than just have Bledsoe do his best? Fight through as many screens as possible, he's one of the best at that.

One thing that popped in my head is them running a ton of screens to get Lopez switched to Kyrie. Think of Stephen Adams or Kevin Love getting switched on Steph Curry in all those playoff games where he can then just toy with them and get 3s.

Isocleas2 · Post #431 » by **Isocleas2** » Thu Apr 25, 2019 4:18 pm

As others have said this could be a big series for Wilson + Mirotic, with less time for Ersan + Lopez who will be exploited in the PnR. Since Boston doesnt make much of an attempt attacking the paint do we really need Splash mountain defending the rim?

I'd start Lopez but if it becomes an issue just have him play spot minutes primarily when Irving sits.

imithanos · Post #432 » by **imithanos** » Thu Apr 25, 2019 4:28 pm

If someone can "stop" Giannis is Stevens, but he let him go 1vs1 in RS. If the whole team is focused on Giannis I suppose he can be stopped, but it will be difficult all the other Bucks players to suck for 4 games.

Post #433 » by **MickeyDavis** » Thu Apr 25, 2019 4:28 pm

Standing room tix on sale for $65

emunney · Post #434 » by **emunney** » Thu Apr 25, 2019 4:41 pm

If they want to load up on Giannis, send Sterling and Hill to the corners and Niko and Brook to the hashes and we can see what's what.

buckboy · Post #435 » by **buckboy** » Thu Apr 25, 2019 4:56 pm

SupremeHustle wrote:I hope the first couple of shots Giannis hits are 16 footers. He'll be able to do whatever he wants on offense after that.

I hope they're tomahawk slams on Marcus Morris' ugly **** face.

To each his own I guess.

buckboy · Post #436 » by **buckboy** » Thu Apr 25, 2019 4:58 pm

DingleJerry wrote:
Chuck Diesel wrote:I’m more interested to see what our plan is for Kyrie.

Think there will be more than just have Bledsoe do his best? Fight through as many screens as possible, he's one of the best at that.

One thing that popped in my head is them running a ton of screens to get Lopez switched to Kyrie. Think of Stephen Adams or Kevin Love getting switched on Steph Curry in all those playoff games where he can then just toy with them and get 3s.

If that happens, I'd go full Harden and give him the lane.

emunney · Post #437 » by **emunney** » Thu Apr 25, 2019 5:02 pm

crkone wrote:

What is this from, last year's playoffs?

emunney · Post #438 » by **emunney** » Thu Apr 25, 2019 5:08 pm

Chuck Diesel wrote:I’m more interested to see what our plan is for Kyrie.

Given the job Sterling did on CP, I'd be interested to see that matchup. I think between Bledsoe and Hill we've got enough to make things tricky for him though.

emunney · Post #439 » by **emunney** » Thu Apr 25, 2019 5:11 pm

Horford is the problem imo.

jute2003 · Post #440 » by **jute2003** » Thu Apr 25, 2019 5:14 pm

Definitely just did a thing and got tickets to Game 2!!! at least I think I did. The app says I did but I haven't gotten the email confirmation yet.