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Re: Who HAS to be our 'X Factor'
« Reply #30 on: April 17, 2015, 11:12:23 PM »

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Bradley HAS to shoot well... and two of Crowder /Bass/Zeller/ have got to be in double figures.  If AB and Crowder are "off" we cant rely on turner, Smart or Sully/KO to carry the offense.  Thomas will get his, but Bradley NEEDS to score well.

Re: Who HAS to be our 'X Factor'
« Reply #31 on: April 17, 2015, 11:39:34 PM »

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Olynyk!

If he's aggressive and hitting his shots it could really spread them out and force Irving and Love to play D without a Mozgov or Thompson behind them.

Agreed -- Olynyk's jump-shooting and passing ability from the center position is key to taking advantage of Timofey Mozgov who wants to hang around the paint defensively. It will hurt Cleveland's defensive integrity since (1) Mozgov is uncomfotable defending away from basket (2) they have no interior defense without Mozgov being allowed to camp out in the paint. Giving Boston the advantage at the center position.

Mozgov is a limited center. He is exactly the sort of player that a highly skilled albeit defensively flawed center like Olynyk can take advantage of. This is an excellent opportunity for Olynyk.

Agreed. In addition Mozgov is not that great from the post.  KO just has to make sure to box out consistently on the defensive end

Celtics big hitting the threes is the xfactor for me in this series.  KO, Jerebko hitting 3's will get them min the court and cause turmoil for the Cavs

Re: Who HAS to be our 'X Factor'
« Reply #32 on: April 18, 2015, 12:24:05 AM »

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Honestly, our whole team. I just can't see one player making the difference for us in this series. We need the team to play their best basketball of the season, and even that is predicated on the referees' calls to a large extent.

Re: Who HAS to be our 'X Factor'
« Reply #33 on: April 18, 2015, 01:22:10 AM »

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James getting cramps, and having a sulk fest on the bench for his continued personal pity party.  It  wouldn't be a post season if we didn't get to watch the best player in the world cry on the bench at least a couple times.

Re: Who HAS to be our 'X Factor'
« Reply #34 on: April 18, 2015, 06:43:28 AM »

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Marcus Smart on the offensive end.

This.

Re: Who HAS to be our 'X Factor'
« Reply #35 on: April 18, 2015, 06:52:15 AM »

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Lebron will get his. Crowder and Bass should do an OK job on him regardless: whoever guards kyrie's attacks (AB or  smart) will be key. Help defense too.
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Re: Who HAS to be our 'X Factor'
« Reply #36 on: April 18, 2015, 07:41:28 AM »

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Sullinger in my opinion, and it's not even close.

We know what we are getting with Thomas, Bradley, Turner, and Bass. Sullinger is in his third year now, and had he not been injured he would be a key cog in this team. This guy can ball, eat the glass, score on the block, and is a high IQ player, and we have seen it for 3 years putting his injuries aside. Conditioning will be a huge factor obviously along with getting back into rhythm, but on the offensive end he has an advantage if he is matched up with Love or a small ball team with Marion or something at the 4.

Also, he has had some huge games for us in the past so we know he can produce.

Re: Who HAS to be our 'X Factor'
« Reply #37 on: April 18, 2015, 09:34:23 AM »

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Smart.... he is stronger than kyrie... he can stop him defensively... if he can avg 13p  at least we will get more than 1 win

Re: Who HAS to be our 'X Factor'
« Reply #38 on: April 18, 2015, 09:44:58 AM »

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Smart.... he is stronger than kyrie... he can stop him defensively... if he can avg 13p  at least we will get more than 1 win

He doesn't have to even score 13 per game to be the X factor. If he holds Kyrie to a bad shooting series, we will have a hay-maker of a shot in this series.

Defensively is where he would (and should) have a big impact. If he kills the other head of the Cleveland snake, we're going to be a pretty tough outing for the Cavs.
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Re: Who HAS to be our 'X Factor'
« Reply #39 on: April 18, 2015, 09:57:49 AM »

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The Celtics have a ton of contributors that change every night. So we could see someone different step up each night.

Re: Who HAS to be our 'X Factor'
« Reply #40 on: April 18, 2015, 10:29:43 AM »

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we aren't good enough to have one x factor
bradley play his old great defense and hit shots
smart hold irving in check
turner play his best (which is good)
everyone play good defense, box out and hit 3's…we win

Re: Who HAS to be our 'X Factor'
« Reply #41 on: April 18, 2015, 11:29:37 AM »

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Re: Who HAS to be our 'X Factor'
« Reply #42 on: April 18, 2015, 11:38:16 AM »

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Re: Who HAS to be our 'X Factor'
« Reply #44 on: April 18, 2015, 11:51:57 AM »

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ref's have to let marcus and crowder be physical and crucial is protecting isiah and calling fouls on cleveland bigs-
isiah getting to foul line can be the big disrupter that gets to lebron,also attack him on d early ,get in close don't let him get up a head of steam,make them use time on clock
we have seen isiah  just infuriate opponents,he is rested and loves the pressure and spotlight
crowder and marcus got to hold the team from getting down if lebron and company come out hot jerebko zeller and ko got to run love and mozogov-somhow drive a wedge between lebron and love-cause love to have bad game-turner it your time,isiah it's your time -jerebko you could be the difference