- Double Lebron at times
While even this most depleted iteration of the Celtics certainly has the talent to do so, I have seen nothing that would seem to suggest that we have the intellectual capacity to defeat James, unfortunately.
That said, there are plenty of ways to beat the guy, but you don't do it by doubling him - ever - as that's what he wants. Make him score to beat you, instead, imo.
Offense should mostly run on Tatum, but knowing that Lebron will always check the best player on our team, that would be Tatum, then Brown must step up.
Also, in this series there are no Thon Maker or Joel embiid to block your shots in the middle, Tatum should have a field day driving , so does Terry, Smart and Brown must be bullies for us to have a chance.
Actually, Lebron has never guarded any of our best players for long stretches even going back to 2012, and especially at this stage of his career, he attempts to conserve energy by always taking the opponent's weakest link, offensively, so if the lineup doesn't change for us I can easily see him matching up with Horford, as Al just doesn't have the strength to exploit his size advantage in the post, I'm afraid. I'd love it if Lebron decided to guard Baynes, though, not to mention Tatum or Rozier, lol
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