In his pre-game interview with NBC Boston’s Brian Scalabrine before the Celtics’ game in Cleveland, Brad Stevens reiterated what kind of defenses opposing teams have started to employ, particularly when the Celtics play small. He talked about how the Knicks--a team basically made up of a dozen power forwards--sold out against Boston’s offensive actions by switching at every position in order to stay in front of the ball.
“They played a unique style to what they normally do,” Stevens said after Friday night’s nail biter against their Atlantic Division rivals.