Bradley is a great defender, but he's having trouble with Batum. Too small. It's the same reason I'd like to avoid Toronto if possible (if we get out of the 1st round).
DeRozan is way too big for Bradley, and IT can't guard Lowry. Although if we run into Washington, Wall and Beal obviously ain't a picnic either.
The thing is that Beal isn't the iso type of player that Batum and Derozan are, which is hard for Bradley to guard with his smaller size. And Wall isn't the shooter that Lowry is either, so as long as you try your best to stay in front of Wall and not let him get out on the break, both he and Beal are much easier to contain and guard with our guards than Toronto is.
Toronto from top to bottom is just a really bad matchup for us, even if we're overall similarly talented from top to bottom. Washington presents some of its own problems, but I think from top to bottom we fit better, play better, and are coached better than Washington.
Topic: Celtics (50-29) at Hornets (36-43) Game #80 4/8/17 (Read 20702 times)