Where the team is concerned, Celtics coach Ime Udoka has stated that Smart will be ready and Smart himself has declared that if he plays there will be no excuses. Visibly hindered during the Conference Finals, Smart struggled throughout before finally showing up in Game 7 to help the Celtics advance to the finals with a 24 point performance. Smart has had to push through both a quad and foot injury, but it’s his ankle that is the true concern. Suffice to say, the fact that he’s been coping with multiple issues in his right leg is not ideal for the team. There is also a Marcus Smart headache for the CelticsĪs the NBA’s Defensive Player of the Year, Marcus Smart is an essential cog in the wheel for the Celtics. “Yeah, I feel like the reduced minutes helps obviously because with the injury I had, you know, not being able to take the time off, being such an important part of the season, the minute reduction definitely helped.” Incidentally Williams has officially been listed as ‘questionable’ for Game 1 of the NBA Finals. Eventually, Williams saw his minutes reduced which now seems to have been the right choice and the man himself agrees. As a result the Celtics’ center was forced to miss the last three games of his team’s Conference semifinal clash with the Milwaukee bucks as well as Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals against the Miami Heat. The Celtics made Marcus Smart their full-time starting point guard in 2021-22, and the eight-year veteran rewarded them by averaging a career-high 5.9 assists while playing stellar defense on the. It should be said that Williams’ specific injury is the result of a bone bruise in the left, which is in fact the same knee that he had surgery on to repair his meniscus in late March. z7cPVOjKXc- 👑 Brandon “Scoop B” Robinson June 2, 2022 Our chat from the Finals drops later today at.

Celtics big man Robert Williams III told that his knee feels good going into Game 1 tonight & that the time off in between the Playoffs & Game 1 has helped him get right.

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