The Raptors and Celtics are mirror images of one another both on and off the court. loung_s gets you set for what should be an amazing series.
also suffered an ankle sprain in the closeout Game 4 against Brooklyn, and his status for the series is still up in the air.During the seeding games, the Raptors played the Celtics in what amounted to a meaningless contest as neither team had much to play for in the standings other than personal pride.
Against the Raptors in that first bubble game, Tatum wasn’t overly impressive as he scored just 18 points on 7-of-14 shooting, but a notable takeaway from that performance was that Lowry got the bulk of duty defending him. Like the Raptors, the Celtics have many weapons they can turn to, but a good starting point in trying to defeat Boston will be limiting Tatum, and Anunoby is just the kind of long, strong and athletic defender to do so.Having been matched up against the dynamic Celtics guard for more than 25 and a half minutes this season, VanVleet will likely be relied upon to not only score, but slow down Boston’s second-best offensive option.
In that early August seeding game matchup, Walker was only 6-of-14 from the floor, but got uncorked from three-point range, going 4-for-10 as he finished with 17 points. Brown is at his most lethal when he can drive to the basket, so it might be better to invite him to try to make those drives where there almost assuredly will be lots of help waiting for him at the rim.
Siakam saw a lot Brown during the regular season and performed all right against him, scoring 23 points on 10-of-24 shooting in about 12:40 of time when guarded by the Celtics wing.
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