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Point Guard
Derrick Rose is injured, he doesn't have the same agility and quickness as he usually does. Jose thrives off jumpers, maybe a fake, or a very well executed pick and roll could leave him open. Jose's got great vision, so Rose will have to try and deflect passes from going to other people, and be a general ballhog. There's no way we can let Jose murder us.
Shooting Guard
Ronnie Brewer is a very decent defender. There's not many other people who're active as he is on the perimeter, and thus, we have an advantage. DeMar is a three point machine this season, he's really worked on that, but he's always looking to use his athletic ability to blow by you. There's no stopping him on the break, we need to shut him down.
Small Forward
Luol Deng will destroy Rasual. Butler has no advantage here, whatsoever. Deng's been a defensive stopper for us thus far this season, and Butler is his dream match up. Butler isn't young, he can't really drive, so he can only shoot, and Deng defends shooters well. I expect Deng to grab a few steals off of Butler's nervous hands and grab some blocks.
Power Forward
Carlos will have his hands full. Andrea is an amazing shooter, he's almost Dirk lite when it comes to scoring. From deep, a little fader, up close, from mid, he's absolutely deadly. Luckily, Boozer's thick, so if he's motivated he can isolate Andrea to very far away jumpers. Bargnani will be our key match up this game. We take him out, they're done.
Center
If Joakim Noah boxs out, we're in the clear. There's no way Johnson can score on his own with a lock down defender like Noah on him, there's no way. He's a hustle guy, but you can out hustle him by diving yourself, taking a hard foul, whatever.
Luck charms!
