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Team Celtics Man up For the Win
Published 12/13/2007 by bruchu at X’s & O’s of Basketball
Good M2M defense and the NBA almost seems to be a mis-nomer these days. But the reality is that no NBA team will go anywhere unless they are able to defend M2M well. Tonight, watching the Celtics/Kings game, the Celtics came out of the half tied for the lead but gained the upper hand by turning up the pressure on defense. They were cutting off penetration, contesting shots, trapping in the corners, rebounding, helping, switching, basically everything that you expect your team to do on defense. This sequence I took a clip of typified that effort that really helped the Celtics get separation and win the game. Watch the video and read my thoughts ...

Boston Celtics: Doing It With Defense
Published 12/17/2007 by josh q. public at josh q. public
  Josh Q. Public:  The idea is not to block every shot.  The idea is to make your opponent believe that you might block every shot.  ~Bill Russell Public Service Announcement:  OK, here we go!  How bout them Celtics!  Goodness gracious great balls of fire!  We knew they were gonna be good.  We knew they were gonna be real good.  Did we know they were gonna be this good?  20-2 good?  An NBA-best 20-2 good?  Tying the 1963-64 Celtics for the best start in franchise history good?  Nine straight good?  Everybody had a ...