President Obama made some waves when he slow-jammed the news with Jimmy Fallon last week. He took some heat for that, but he's not done.
Nope. We got the guys to reunite for a special encore performance. Here they are again… to slow jam our Celtics-Hawks first round preview.
Note: The following contains innuendo for the sake of comedy. We tried to have fun with this so you didn't get just another boring preview. Please don't get overly sensitive about it.
The Celtics have put up the third best record in the league since the All Star break. Where they once were barely better than terrible, they are now playing like one of the best teams in the league. One reason for that… The emergence of Avery Bradley. He's become a contributor on offense… nailing threes from the corner and killing teams with back-door cuts for easy dunks and layups.
Awwwww yeahhh…. Bradley likes to go back door. You'll think you're on top of him, but then he slips behind you when you turn your head. Next thing you know, he's gotten deep penetration and there's nothing you can do about it.
But it's not just back door cuts. Avery Bradley is a great defender. He's even being called one of the best.. if not THE best.. on ball defender at the guard position. That makes the key match up of this series Avery Bradley against Joe Johnson, who is half a foot taller.
Thaaaaaaat's riiiiiiight. Joe Johnson is bigger than most people Avery takes on, so we'll have to see how he handles his size. If Bradley can handle the extra size without getting too uncomfortable, then he'll tie Johnson up and make him play on Avery's terms. But if the size is too much for Avery to handle, Johnson will take advantage of him, taking him to the hole all, night long.
Speaking of size… that's part of the other key to this series. Can the Hawks handle all of Boston's bigs without Al Horford or Zaza Pachulia? They've been without Horford for a while, but without Pachulia, Jason Collins is getting the start. That's a tough matchup, no matter if Collins faces Brandon Bass or Kevin Garnett
Uhhhh.. huhhhh…. Boston's versatile with its size. Sometimes they like to get it deep, some times they like to shoot it in your face. You're going to have to be quick to handle these bigs, or they'll take turns on you.
All that said, I like Boston in five games. They have the experience, the better players, and they are mostly healthy. The Celtics have matchup advantages at at least three positions, maybe four and depending on how Bradley does, he can minimize Atlanta's other matchup advantage.
Rondo's better than Teague..
One of the best in the league…
When the series is over…
Jeff will feel the fatigue…
The captain Paul Pierce…
Is playing real fierce…
When he's done with the Hawks…
They'll all be in tears…
They're making a run…
to Banner 18…
The Celtics are just…
the better team…
The Hawks don't have much chance…
of staying alive…
So we've got the Celtics…
winning in five…
Add The Sports Daily to your Google News Feed!
