Milwaukee Bucks: 5 keys to series vs. Celtics

1. Overwhelm the youth movement

One of the keys for success in the NBA is to identify a team’s greatest weakness and then to press into it. For non-shooters, they are left open. For weak defenders, your team’s best individual scorer takes them on as much as possible.

For the Boston Celtics, their biggest weakness is going to be inexperience. Other than Horford, this team will be leaning on Terry Rozier, Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown. They could certainly step up and play meaningful roles, or they could fade and be less useful under the bright lights.

By continually attacking the younger players on defense, the Bucks can push this strategy as far as it will take them. On the other side of the ball, forcing these young players to make decisions over the more polished Al Horford or Greg Monroe or Marcus Morris will put the burden on the less experienced Celtics.

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While all three of Rozier, Tatum and Brown had solid seasons, it’s a different beast in the playoffs. While they stay the course? Hopefully for Boston, hopefully not for Milwaukee. With so much of their talent injured, the Celtics may not be able to stay afloat if their young players don’t step up.