Some Josh Smith stats

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From Dime

n a piece basically detailing how dominant Josh Smith has been recently, we pointed out that J-Smoove has more blocked shots than any player in history through his 22nd birthday (768 rejections, followed by Shaq

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From the Boston Globe:

Talk about intimidation. If there's one intimidator in this series, it's Josh Smith, who seems to have gotten into every Celtics player's head to the point that they seem afraid to shoot anything within five feet, and when they do it's on turnarounds and tricky shots while trying to avoid the defender.

http://www.boston.com/sports/basketball ... on_fa.html

I'll say this (and it doesn't necessarilly bod well for us tonight), a HUGE difference in our offense the past two games has been Smith's jump shot. When that is falling he is completely unguardable and he give everyone else a ton of room to work because he pulls the DPOY out of his comfort zone.

Its a positive and a negative. On the bright side, if he can tighten that shot up a little he can make our team miles better, on the not so bright side, its unlikely he continues to hit it.

Maybe he does though, he's proved us all wrong before.

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The 3 pointers in game 3 aren't something I expect to see again any time soon, but I think Josh can hit the 18 footer with some consistency. That's enough to keep KG honest on D. My worry is that he falls in love in the open 3, which unless Al or Chill bails us out with offensive rebound is likely to turn out bad.