Who would have thought the Celtics would need help slowing down Kevin Porter Jr. against the Clippers’ bench? And who could have seen Jaden Springer as the Celtics’ savior? Well, not me.
Yet, despite facing a Clippers team missing Kawhi Leonard, James Harden, Ivica Zubac, Norman Powell, Kris Dunn, and Nicolas Batum, the Celtics made things tougher than expected. Thankfully, the team is resourceful and deployed one of their defensive jokers: Jaden Springer.
The guard stepped up and played the final 17 minutes of the game. His mission was simple: do what none of the Celtics had been able to accomplish—stop Kevin Porter Jr.