Con su temporada en juego el jueves, los Boston Celtics regresan al cinco inicial que los llevó al NBA Finales de la temporada pasada, según The Athletic’s Shams Charania y Jared Weiss. Robert Williams III, quien promedió 18.1 minutos en su serie de segunda ronda contra los Philadelphia 76ers, reemplazará a Derrick White en la alineación titular en el Juego 6.
Este es un regreso a la apariencia de doble grande que Boston ha quitado énfasis esta temporada. Más importante aún, es una forma de hacer de Williams un factor en la serie. Defensivamente, a los Celtics les gusta usar a Williams como roamer — en lugar de emparejarlo con un gran compañero, por lo general lo hacen proteger al jugador del perímetro menos amenazante en la cancha. Cuando Williams está «protegiendo» a alguien que dispara triples mal, de mala gana o lentamente, pasa la mayor parte de su tiempo en la pintura, donde puede disuadir los ataques y bloquear tiros. Los Sixers lo saben y han ajustado su rotación para evitar que Williams pueda jugar con su estilo preferido.
El cuerpo técnico de Doc Rivers rara vez ha utilizado a PJ Tucker mientras Williams ha estado en la cancha. En el Juego 4 de la serie, Filadelfia eliminó por completo a Jalen McDaniels de la rotación, eliminando otro escondite. Esto ha significado que, cuando Williams ha estado en la cancha, ha tenido que defender a Joel Embiid (no es un enfrentamiento favorable) o al gran reserva Paul Reed, en lugar de hacer lo normal.
Este cambio en la alineación se entiende mejor como una respuesta al juego que los Sixers han estado jugando con su rotación, en lugar de algún tipo de cambio filosófico hacia el tamaño y lejos de los tiros de 3 puntos. Esto le permite a Williams alejarse de Tucker y hacer lo que mejor sabe hacer… a menos que Filadelfia decida contrarrestar sacando a Tucker de la alineación titular.
La desventaja para Boston es que comenzará con cuatro tiradores en lugar de cinco, pero eso puede mitigarse apoyándose en Williams como bloqueador y centro del poste alto. Espere que los Celtics jueguen una ofensiva de 5 outs con Williams en la cancha, en lugar de simplemente colocarlo en el lugar de volcadas y permitir que Embiid acampe alrededor de la canasta.
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