Celtics-Cavaliers preview: With Kristaps Porziņģis, Jarrett Allen injured how do teams matchup?

Before it became clear the would meet the in the second round, was asked to give a scouting report on the Cavaliers and . “Um, they’re both good,” White said. If that’s not enough of a preview for Boston’s second-round series against Cleveland, which begins Tuesday at TD Garden, The Athletic ’s Celtics writers Jay King and Jared Weiss broke it down a little more in-depth after another high-scoring performance from on Sunday.

Though our own on Garland’s recent lack of scoring aggression, he can control a game with either his scoring or playmaking. Mitchell was delivering one of the best seasons of any guard this season before he got injured after the All-Star break. Together, they are a lot to deal with. They put a lot of pressure on a defense. Cleveland still wasn’t able to score consistently against the Magic, an elite defensive team, but that doesn’t mean Mitchell and Garland will remain quiet.

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