In the opening two games of the Eastern Conference Finals, the Celtics let LeBron James be LeBron James. In Game 2, he turned in a 42-point triple double in a 13-point loss as the Celtics wrangled the rest of the Cavs’ body while the head of the snake ate.
In Game 3, LeBron and the Cavaliers were much more deliberate in getting the rest of the team involved. So many times last night, the Celtics would fail to commit on switches or over commit on ball handlers, particularly in their pick-and-roll coverage against LeBron.