The Celtics have too many bigs who need minutes, and Brad Stevens knows it.
On Sunday, as the Celtics rolled over the undermanned and overmatched Houston Rockets, Daniel Theis started the game, then barely played the rest of the way. At halftime, Stevens said he pulled Theis — who finished with a little more than six minutes total on the floor — aside.
“We’re going to be in a situation more now where one of those guys isn’t playing as much as we’re smaller,” Stevens said. “It won’t be the same guys every night, because it’ll be matchup dependent, and kind of who’s going.