Joe Mazzulla doesn’t believe that the NBA Finals will come down to the Celtics’ ability to stop Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving from scoring, but it’s clear that it’ll be a major factor in the series.
Luckily for Mazzulla, he has squad that has a pair of guards who were named second-team All-Defense this season and a pair of versatile forwards who are considered to be plus defenders for the position.
As the countdown continues toward the NBA Finals, let’s take a look at how the Celtics’ starting guards and forwards fared against Doncic and Irving, via tracking stats from NBA.