In their first regular season game in over four months, the Celtics fell short, once again, to the Milwaukee Bucks on Friday night, losing 119-112 as the C’s struggled to cope with Brook Lopez and the #1 ranked Milwaukee defense.
Like a few other teams in the league, the Bucks employ pick-and-roll drop coverage, where their center (usually one of the Lopez brothers) sits back in the paint, as defenders funnel the ball-handlers towards him. Brook Lopez, for his part, has emerged as an All-Defensive candidate this season thanks to his much-improved play, and he dominated again tonight, finishing with six blocks, and altering a whole host more at the rim.