This should be a half court battle between two veteran
teams. The Celtics have been awful defending the paint this year and
particularly defending penetration from the opposition guards. Only the Mavs,
Trailblazers, and Pistons have allowed more points in the paint a game this
season. The injury to Kirk Hinrich for the Bulls may be a blessing in disguise
as it forces Nate Robinson into the starting lineup. Robinson is a tougher
matchup for the Celtics to defend and he should have a big game scoring
tonight. Bulls should also have the advantage in rebounding and offensive
rebounding in the game.
Trail Blazers -3
The hawks have been struggling to score as of late and two
big pieces on that offense are questionable for tonight in Josh Smith and Lou
Williams. So far this season their offense has gone as to how Lou Williams have
gone. First two games Lou has averaged 20.5 pts while the team has average 98.5
pts. In their last 3 games, Lou has averaged 7.33 pts while the team is just
putting up 84.66 pts.On the other side,
the Blazers have given up a lot of
points this season but it has been against some of the top offenses in the
league in Dallas, LAL, OKC, and LAC. I don’t think the Hawks will give them
much trouble defensively tonight with Lou and Smith questionable.
This should be a half court battle between two veteran
teams. The Celtics have been awful defending the paint this year and
particularly defending penetration from the opposition guards. Only the Mavs,
Trailblazers, and Pistons have allowed more points in the paint a game this
season. The injury to Kirk Hinrich for the Bulls may be a blessing in disguise
as it forces Nate Robinson into the starting lineup. Robinson is a tougher
matchup for the Celtics to defend and he should have a big game scoring
tonight. Bulls should also have the advantage in rebounding and offensive
rebounding in the game.
Trail Blazers -3
The hawks have been struggling to score as of late and two
big pieces on that offense are questionable for tonight in Josh Smith and Lou
Williams. So far this season their offense has gone as to how Lou Williams have
gone. First two games Lou has averaged 20.5 pts while the team has average 98.5
pts. In their last 3 games, Lou has averaged 7.33 pts while the team is just
putting up 84.66 pts.On the other side,
the Blazers have given up a lot of
points this season but it has been against some of the top offenses in the
league in Dallas, LAL, OKC, and LAC. I don’t think the Hawks will give them
much trouble defensively tonight with Lou and Smith questionable.
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