NBA Playoffs 2017: Celtics vs. Wizards Game 6 live stream: Watch online
By John Buhler
Game 6 of the 2017 Eastern Conference Semifinals between the Washington Wizards and Boston Celtics will be on Friday night. Here is how to watch it online.
The Eastern Conference Semifinals series between the No. 1 Boston Celtics and the No. 4 Washington Wizards has been an exciting one thus far. Since the home team has won all five playoff meetings, top-seeded Boston owns a 3-2 series lead heading into Game 6 on Friday night in Washington.
The winner of this best-of-seven series will get to try their luck against a well-rested Cleveland Cavaliers in the 2017 Eastern Conference Finals. LeBron James and company have only played eight playoff games this spring and have yet to receive a tally in the loss column. Both Boston and Washington have seen both of their playoff series go at least six games. Many feel that this Eastern Conference Semifinals is poised to go seven.
For the visiting Celtics, expect head coach Brad Stevens to trot out the same four starters he has used in all 11 playoff games up to this point. He will have Isaiah Thomas at point guard, Avery Bradley at shooting guard, Jae Crowder at small forward and Al Horford on the block.
However, it has been puzzling for Stevens to figure out which frontcourt player will start next to Horford down low. While Gerald Green has started in six of 11 playoff games for the Celtics, he hasn’t played in all 11 games. He has appeared in only nine. With Amir Johnson gradually being worked back into the mix, look for him to get his sixth playoff start on Friday night against Washington.
As for the Wizards, Washington head coach Scott Brooks has absolutely no choice about who his starting lineup will inevitably be. Washington’s bench is terrifyingly horrendous, but its starting five stacks up well with anybody’s.
Expect John Wall to start at point guard, Bradley Beal at shooting guard, Otto Porter Jr. at small forward, Markieff Morris at power forward and Marcin Gortat at center. Brooks can’t realistically play a five-man rotation, but he is getting almost no help from his bench this postseason.