Chris Ford on Game 1

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Chris Ford on WEEI, mentioned the three big areas that NJ beat the 
Celtics yesterday, Rebounds, Points in the paint and Points off the 
bench. Ford was impressed with Todd Mcullough. The Nets bring their big 
guys up often 15-15 feet, which leaves the backdoor and underneath open 
and vulnerable to easy buckets. The C's have to tighten up their D and 
may have to resort to more focused one on one defense. They've got to 
stay in front of Kidd, but when the other guys are hitting the deep 
shots like Van Horn and Harris were yesterday, it makes it extremely 
difficult to adjust defensely. Ordway agreed with the increased man to 
man theory. Ford talked also about Pierce and foul trouble. That he 
needs to needs to not pick up the cheap foul...give up the 2 points 
rather than take the foul. Let someone else foul the man, so that Pierce 
can stay on the floor. He said that it wasn't necessarily the intensity 
of the Celtics that was a problem, but perhaps their concentration. They 
need to focus more on the game. He thinks O'Brien and Harter will turn 
to a more individual style of defense for the next game. Offense isn't 
too much of a problem. The pressure is still on the Nets to take game 
two at home. The Celtics win this second game and the series swings. 
Told all the Celtics fan to not panic yet.


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