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Really surprised to see a total of 205.5 and juiced to the under.
Pointed out in my earlier thread that Shane Larkin is a very tough defender for the Celts but also provides very little on offense, a lightweight Andre Roberson if you will. He's really good at locking down his man when he's on the court but the offense also stagnates. Without his cameos Boston's defense is not as good but their offense doesn't suffer and that really showed tonight.
He is not expected back for game 1 and Jaylen Brown should hopefully be off his minutes restriction.
It's well publicized that Brett Brown was thoroughly out coachedand 6ers immaturity reared it ugly head at times.
Check out the lineups that Philly used: https://stats.nba.com/lineups/advanced/?CF=TEAM_ABBREVIATION*E*phi&sort=NET_RATING&dir=1&Season=2017-18&SeasonType=Playoffs&OpponentTeamID=1610612738
TJ McConnell was brutally underused and Simmons was unplayable without him playing along side him.
76ers made a hash of this series so I feel Cs are a bit overrated really but they will be tough at home, they're much better at home than on the road.
Their offensive rating was 114.5 at home in 3 games vs Philly and a defensive rating of 107.4.
Cs did a really good job of locking down Redick but Cavs will have 4 sharpshooters playing alongside James most of the time.
Cleveland was 122.7-113.6 on the road vs Toronto, I see the first two games in Boston being very high scoring games and Boston potentially winning one of them before two slog fests in Cleveland as Boston's offense does not travel well.
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