With Sam Hauser out with lower back pain, the conventional wisdom was that head coach Joe Mazzulla would tap fellow wing Jordan Walsh to take those minutes.
Not so fast.
“We have the flexibility and the depth to go a different route,” Mazzulla said before tip-off against the Wizards on Thursday night. “It may not necessarily be a wing. It could be a guard. It could be a big. It just depends on what the matchups are in those second units. Our sub patterns will change game-to-game and change within the game.”
Al Horford again got the start against Washington and played just 20 minutes after 26 against the New York Knicks.