The Boston Celtics are, along with the rest of the league, drawing close to the end of their 2021-22 regular-season schedule, with playoff seeding coming into focus at the same time the final adjustments the team will have a chance to make heading into the 2022 NBA Playoffs can be tinkered with.
And after playing some of his core players heavy minutes while other players newer to this iteration of the Celtics in need of some floor time to get more comfortable in the flow of the team’s switch-heavy defense, Boston head coach Ime Udoka was asked whether he might sit some guys ahead of the postseason some nights, or give key players nights off.
“It could be both,” he offered.
According to ESPN’s Tim Legler, the Boston Celtics are the top defensive team in the East https://t.co/7Ss4Noey6x
— The Celtics Wire (@TheCelticsWire) March 18, 2022
