Josh Richardson’s versatility
This might be the biggest one of all. Richardson is counted on to do so many things for this team on the floor. Not only is he going to be counted on to defend Walker in most cases, but he is also going to have shoot well from deep, and have some big offensive games in general. He is capable of it as shown by his big night of scoring 34 points against the Portland Trail Blazers.
As far as Walker is concerned, Richardson defended him for 11:41 across the three games and he held him to 10 points on 4-for-11 shooting and forced him into a turnover. There is going to be a lot of responsibility placed upon his shoulders in this series and he will have to be ready for it all. [lawrence-related id=36834,36831,36828]