Grant Williams has enjoyed a revelatory third season in the NBA, emerging as an effective and consistent role player off the bench and leading the Boston Celtics in three-point percent with a 42% mark from deep. Friday night against Portland, his career season continued with 13 points, eight rebounds, three assists and three made triples. How he did it, though, was perhaps a little bit different from what we’re accustomed to seeing from him.
Williams’ big night began to brew in the second quarter, in the midst of an energetic Celtics run that saw them outscore the Blazers 33-14 across the last nine minutes before halftime.