josh smith swatted lots of his shots esp fastbreaks.. so did lebron.. tayshaun bothered him on the break too.. who would do that for the lakers?
I looked up the block number of both teams and Atlanta's stat for the playoff.
Smith is highest individual shot blocker with 2.86 average.
Gasol - 2.47
Odom - 1.40
Perkins - 1.35
Turiaf - 1.15
Garnett - 1.15
As a team, Celtics average 4.4, Lakers average 6.13, Atlanta average 5.71.
If Rondo get blocked by Atlanta, he will have the same issue with the Lakers.
Smith is just a freak blocker. From what I've seen, at least half of his blocks come by seemingly being out of the play , then leaping out of the building from behind and swatting the hell out of an unsuspecting layup shooter. Who, on LA, blocks like that? Who, in the rest of the NBA blocks like that?
Camby? He does it more with length and timing.
Rondo has definitely shied away from taking to the glass though, because he's afraid of the block. That does worry me some.