Transition-oriented Wizards getting physical in postseason

Members of the Celtics medical staff anticipated the need to replace the temporary bridges, and are prepared at any time to do so. Coming into the game, the Celtics are leading the series 2-1 and have the chance of moving to within one more win of progressing. Assistant Mike Brown took over as acting coach for Game 3 of the first-round series against the Portland Trail Blazers. It was not the regular up 2-0 issue with overconfidence. Boston has shown an uncanny ability to win evenly at home or on the road. Last game it was in the first quarter, (Game 4) it was in the third quarter. Green expected to play in Game 3 for WarriorsPatch a lovable underdog.

During the first three games of this series, the Wizards started quickly and held sizable leads. Washington’s philosophy against the Celtics is as simple as can be – force turnovers and run in the other direction – and the Celtics are absolutely, positively helpless to stop it because they simply cannot keep up. Porter is not known for his scoring, but only because of his role with the Wizards, and he had a field day.

“We just turned the ball over a lot”, Celtics center Al Horford said. At one point the TNT announcers vacillated between wondering if Wall was the second-best player in the East and then coming up with reasons why he might be better than Russell Westbrook.

Yes, the Wizards have been the better team this series.

In the first three games against the Wizards, the Celtics have allowed 38 or more each time. While Thomas connected on his first first five threes, John Wall missed his first nine shots from the floor. Even as Thomas complained about a discrepancy in fouls, coach Brad Stevens knows Boston has to combat Washington in more ways than just matching one hard foul for another.

Date/Time: Sunday May 7th, 2017.

While the Wizards celebrated their game plan after limiting Boston Celtics All-Star Isaiah Thomas to two second-half points in Washington’s Game 4 triumph Sunday, Thomas vented about a lack of calls in a game in which he attempted no free throws. He said it was up to his team to make the Wizards pay for giving him so much attention. In fact, this was the first time since January 27th that Washington held an opponent under 90 points. The Celtics entered the second up 24-20 when Thomas hit back-to-back 3-pointers.

Players Crowder has been defending have been blowing by him and getting to the rim.

Terry Rozier had 16 points and Kelly Olynyk added 14 points for the Celtics. They handily controlled the entire game, outscoring the Celtics 39-17 in the first quarter and never trailing on the scoreboard. “PESPTF00231-topic.html” class=”local_link” >Kelly Oubre Jr. had been suspended for the game, which meant his team had a void in its rotation. “They didn’t allow me to get any open looks after a little bit of the second quarter and as a team we’ve got to do a better job figuring that out and taking advantage of what they’re doing to us”. They were playing their game. Washington would go on a 26-0 run over five minutes and 59 seconds, forcing six Celtics turnovers and making 10 of their 13 shots.

Thomas scored 53 points in Boston’s 129-119 overtime win on Tuesday, but was held to 13 points on 3 of 8 shooting by waves of defenders in Game 3. Boston are 44-43-4 against the over/under, but only 18-25 away from home. The Celtics have two victories because they’re tough, and they have played well at the right moments at home. In the previous series, Washington won that pivotal game and went on to knock out Atlanta in Game 6. The public is on the Wizards en large, but that’s not where the value is.