It goes without saying that Cleveland Cavaliers superstar LeBron James will be a handful for the Boston Celtics in the Eastern Conference Semifinals. James is enjoying the best postseason form throughout his 13 career playoff trips.

The juggernaut that is James will be facing a different challenge in the Celtics, though. More than the players who'll be guarding him, the strategies that Brad Stevens will deploy against James is expected to produce the most headaches to the four-time Most Valuable Player.

But looking at the weapons Stevens has at his disposal, here's how they fared against the Cavs' ultimate advantage, via ESPN's Chris Forsberg.

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As the numbers show, Jaylen Brown and Marcus Morris will be tasked the most in containing James. But the former appears to have had the most success against James. The Celtics will have to find ways in avoiding their rookie Jayson Tatum to match up with James, having given up the most points against the Cavs forward.

Tatum has been one of Boston's hottest players and he deserves plenty of credit for that. However, James has turned into a completely different beast in the postseason and it might be wisest for the Celtics to prevent their young spark from sputtering.

In three regular-season games against the Celtics, James averaged 24.0 points, 10.3 rebounds, 8.3 assists, and 1.3 blocks per game.