Monday, May 5, 2008

Wizards Part Deux!


That's pretty much what the Celtics are if you really think about it.


Kevin Garnett is a guy that will get you 20 pts and 10 rebs and bring energy.
That's what Antawn Jamison does.


Paul Pierce is a guy who can drive to the hoop, draw contact and finish in the paint.
On the Wizards his name is Caron Butler.


Ray Allen looks to shoot whenever he touches the ball, and has been streaky so far.
For the Wiz, it's a healthy Gilbert Arenas.
In Fact, Look at these:
Kevin Garnett (18.8 pts. 9.2 rebs.) to Antawn Jamison (21.4 pts., 10.2 rebs.)
Paul Pierce (19.6 pts., 5.2 rebs.) to Caron Butler (20.3 pts., 6.7 rebs.)
Ray Allen (17 pts., 3 rebs.) to Gilbert Arenas (19.4 pts., 3 rebs.)


After that you have some role players, a few veterans, a fat rookie, and a red head.
I honestly believe we can beat this team. We match up really well against them, and assuming Big Ben doesn't get scurred or punked by Garnett, we are the bigger, stronger, more physical team.

Advantages that we have:

I think Delonte and Boobie (Our PG's) are better than Rajon Rondo and Sam Cassell (their PG's).
I think that Wally will have an easier time staying with Ray Allen, than he did with Caron Butler.
Lebron hates Paul Pierce, and I sincerely hope that Lebron looks to punish him the entire series.
Z has an easier match up against the Celtic bigs than he did against Haywood.
Garnett is easier to guard than Antwan Jamison...I said it, and I mean it.
Celtics winning in 7 gave us the confidence that we can beat them.
We still come in as underdogs, which is a better role for this team.

Disadvantages:

Celtics have more scorers than we do.
Celtics play much better D than the Wizards.
7 game series may have woken up the Celtics.
James Posey...he's really good, he plays great D, can hit the outside shot (3) and can drive...one of the most underrated players in the league.

That's that...let's hope for a great series where the Cavs continue to build on their successes and team meshing.

2 comments:

Matt said...

Offensively they are a lot alike, I guess, but it's the defense that made the Celtics 25 games better than the Wiz this year.

I trust our D can handle their O, but we'll need the O we've only seen a handful of times since the trade to beat their D.

GMoney said...

Good points except you failed to mention that James Posey sucks and anything he contributes offensively is freaking luck.