My boy Rey from The No Look Pass asked me a few questions about the upcoming C's-Cavs series. In my responses were my 3 keys to the C's winning:
1: Keep them off the boards. If Varejao is flying in and getting second chance buckets, forget it.
2: Make LeBron a jump shooter: This is going to take some great help defense and very crisp rotations. It’s one thing to stop LBJ from getting to the hoop. You can clog the lane all you want… but he’s a really good passer. If they can rotate over and cut off all of his other options, then he’ll just have to settle for jumpers. I don’t care if he drops 35 doing that… it means he’s not getting to the rim and he’s not setting up his teammates.
3: Share the ball. The Celtics are at their best when the ball is being worked around. They’re not a pick-and-roll team… they’re a motion offense. But every once in a while they get a little isolation/pick and roll happy. That’s not their game. If they do that, a bunch of guys are standing around… and that carries over to the defensive end. They’ve got to keep things moving.
That was one of 5 questions I was asked, so head on over to check the whole thing out. It includes a bit of smack talk in the final answer.
If you want things from a Cleveland perspective, he's got a similar Q&A with Glenn Moore of the Dugout Sports Show and Scott from Waiting For Next Year.
