“What hustle.”
“Heads up play.”
“Putting his body on the line.”
What do these phrases have in common? They’re all clichés one expects to hear from commentators in round two as Marcus Smart’s DPOY body goes tumbling to the ground for the umpteenth time. Anyone else get anxiety in round one thinking of the white and green that’ll be scraped across the TD Garden in Round Two?
Folks, I’ve got the flop sweats.
The opening salvo didn’t disappoint in that regard, with DeMar DeRozan wilting like spinach and 260 pound Nikola Vucevic turning to tipping over as his primary strategy to defend Milwaukee’s superstar, Giannis Antetokounmpo.