The Celtics’ starting five consists of Kemba Walker, Jaylen Brown, Gordon Hayward, Jayson Tatum, and Daniel Theis. 6 seed after a 4-4 stint in the bubble. That is, unless you consider the virtual fans a real difference-maker.Both teams should enter the series relatively healthy.
The Sixers and Celtics will battle it out in round one. 3 seed, whereas Philadelphia currently occupies the No.
Here’s who we think will win. https://celticswire.usatoday.com/2020/08/29/nba-boston-celtics-marcus-smart-best-vs-sixers/
Here are our predictions.
While Boston technically has “home court advantage,” all seven games will take place in a neutral, virtually crowd-less setting. The Philadelphia 76ers have Of course, Philadelphia will enter this game without Ben Simmons, who recently underwent season-ending surgery to remove a loose body in his left knee. Tobias Harris, Joel Embiid | Sixers (Photo by Drew Hallowell/Getty Images)The 2020 NBA playoffs are nearly upon us after a whirlwind season. Boston Celtics veteran defensive nightmare Marcus Smart may not have found success on offense against the long and big Philadelphia 76ers starters, but he didn’t let that get in the way of his domination of that team on the other side of the ball in their 2020 first round series with the Sixers.Despite shooting just 33.3% from the floor in the series, Smart got himself to the line 3.3 times per game in that series, where he converted at an outstanding 92.3% of his shots from the charity stripe.He also pulled down 4.5 boards and made 2.5 assists per game to go with his 8.5 points and 1.5 steals per game.Most important are the hustle plays that don’t end up in the box score, and in the bubble Marcus Smart has been making them in droves.If you want to reminisce a little while we wait for the team’s second round series with the defending champion Toronto Raptors, or just happen to be a fan of the Flower Mound native’s game, watch the video embedded above for all of Smart’s best plays from their first round series against the 76ers.Sign up for the Celtics Wire newsletter to get our top stories in your inbox every morningThe Boston Celtics took care of business in Game 1 of their series with the defending NBA champion Toronto Raptors, coming away with a 112 - 94 win.It was a very balanced affair with all five starters scoring in double figures, with star swingman Jayson Tatum and veteran guard Marcus Smart leading all scorers with 21 points each.The Duke product also had 9 rebounds and shot 9-of-18 overall while the Flower Mound native added 6 boards and 4 assists on 6-of-10 shooting including 5-of-9 from deep.Point guard Kemba Walker added 18 points and 10 assists, shooting guard Jaylen Brown...Four-time All-Star Boston Celtics point guard Kemba Walker put any lingering doubts about his knee to bed with his performance in the Celtics' first-round sweep of the Philadelphia 76ers to bed last week, and with the defending champion Toronto Raptors heading Boston's way in the next round, that's a huge relief.The former UConn star has been on a tear in the postseason, scoring 24.3 points, 4.3 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 1.3 steals per game while shooting 92% from the free throw line and 49.3 overall.What's more, he's been defending at a high level since the playoffs began, his usually-excellent...Boston Celtics star shooting guard Jaylen Brown is making headlines for his leadership off the court as much as he was last week with his brutalization of the Philadelphia 76ers, whom he helped sweep -- the first such postseason outcome in their 15 total playoff meetings.The Cal-Berkeley product scored 21.5 points, 5.8 rebounds, 2.5 assists and a steal per game over that four-game stretch while shooting 91.7 % from the free throw line, 34.5 % from beyond the arc and 45 % from the floor overall -- not a bad series by any standard of measure.
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