Bill Sy: Basketball—particularly NBA basketball—is about pressure points. Some teams have big men that control the paint. Others have sharp shooters spreading the floor and stretching the defense. The Cavaliers have LeBron James. For how long, we don’t know, but for now, he’s in Cleveland and he’s always going to put pressure on the Celtics.
So much of yesterday’s debacle was just plain carelessness.
My guess is, Greg Monroe has been briefed with Boston’s pick-and-roll philosophy and coverage, but he doesn’t even contain the drive in that halfhearted attempt to wrap up LeBron.