Monday, May 14, 2012

Evan-ing out their series

Good thing both the Lakers and Clippers won their respective series' since I risked NOT picking their teams' superstars. If both of the teams lost their Game 7's, I would look like a dummy for not picking their best players. By the way, the Boston Celtics eked out a win over the Sixers. I think that the C's will win this series but the Sixers will definitely win a game or two. The teams might not look matched up on paper but when you watch the game itself, THEY ARE EVENLY MATCHED in every position. A little boost for the C's on PG and C while the Sixers have an advantage on SG and bench play.

For today's game, I am going with Evan Turner . If you watched Game 1, the Sixers ran their plays with Holiday bringing up the ball then Turner/Iguodala setting up the plays. I also chose Turner for this game because of his matchup against Avery Bradley. There is a big height advantage between both guys (Turner is 6'7'' and Bradley is 6'2'') and I expect the Sixers to once again use that height advantage for their good use. The Sixers also forced the Celtics bigmen to shoot from the outside causing the Sixers to have long rebounds for their guards. They also pushed the break a lot for the Celtics to wear down.

Turner will be an x-factor for this Sixer team if they want to steal one on the road. Iguodala is due for a letdown in this game and Turner will pick up the slack. Sixer losing with Turner being the bright spot on the team is a match made in heaven. A 20+ PRA is attainable. My projected stat for Turner would be 15 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists.

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