GDT: Mavs @ Celtics - 1/25/09 - 12:00 PM CST

[BGMaverick9]

This should be a real interesting game with the Celtics. There are a couple of things I want to see from the game:

How does Dallas react to what will be a tough defense?
How does Boston try to defend Dirk?
Which Josh will show up?
Can Kidd keep his momentum rolling?
Who does KG try to get in a fight with? JJB, Wright, Hollins?

There are some match-up issues I seeing popping up, Rondo's speed would make you think that Wright might need to match up with him...but do you leave Kidd or Josh on Pierce? Someone needs to stay home on Allen as well. I'm really interested to see how they go at it.

I think the bench is REALLY going to have to play a major role if we're going to get a victory. Jet, Bass, Carroll, JJB have to really fight through and carry things while the bench gets rest. Boston's bench isn't all that great, so Dallas needs to pounce whenever they can.

It seems like 89-90 is the Magic scoring number for the opposition of Boston, if you can break that number you've got a pretty good chance of beating them. Boston's D just makes that a challenge because they can flat out shut you down.

Go Mavs!