Following Game 1, it looked like the Celtics’ bench was ready to play in the NBA Finals. Derrick White scored 21 points and Payton Pritchard added eight as they helped the Celtics complete a comeback victory.
However, as the series went along, Boston’s bench made very little impact. That was certainly clear in the Warriors’ series-ending win in Game 6, in which the Celtics’ bench scored just five points and was part of the reason why Boston was on the wrong end of a 21-0 run in the first half.
White, who became the Celtics’ de facto sixth man when they traded for him from the Spurs in February, shot 1-of-6 and scored just two points.