Simmons had a decent stat line 18/7/6, but those stats felt empty tonight. He didn't seem to really help their team. We did a good job in slowing him down in transition. In the 1/2 court Simmons athletic ability is seriously limited when he can't play in space. Simmons won't take a shot past 15 feet, and we were giving him open looks so we could stay glued to Reddick and Covington and the others.
I mean, he may get better through the series, but after dealing with the Greek Freak in that first round, where he was literally unstoppable, going against Simmons seems less problematic.