The Boston Celtics are coming off the heels of an impressive comeback win in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Finals against the Cleveland Cavaliers where they completely erased a 21-point deficit.
Much of this came with LeBron James struggling to string together a productive performance totaling just 11 points on 4-for-13 shooting from the field including 0-for-4 from beyond the arc with six turnovers in 45 minutes played. It was arguably one of the worst playoff outings of his NBA career with the fourth-lowest scoring output in 210 career postseason games.
With that in mind, the Celtics have their eyes focused on making James a non-factor once again in hopes of tying up the series at 2-2 to regain home-court advantage heading into the final three games. Following Tuesday's shootaround, Al Horford made it quite clear what the game plan against James will be.
The Celtics will look to even the series tonight against the Cavs and it all starts with limiting LeBron James. pic.twitter.com/OI7ccLvFzn
— Boston Celtics (@celtics) May 23, 2017
This could prove to be a difficult task with James motivated to bounce back from a forgettable performance that contributed to the Cavaliers' massive collapse in Game 3. It could see the four-time league MVP get involved early and often attacking the paint in repetition like he did in Game 1 where he had 15 points on 7-of-7 shooting all inside the paint in the first quarter of that contest.
Ultimately, if the Celtics hope to have any realistic chance of squeezing out another road win at the Quicken Loans Arena on Tuesday night it will have to be with James experiencing another difficult individual performance.
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