With an injury plagued start too the season that has featured Marcus Smart, Kelly Olynyk, Jae Crowder and Al Horford all miss time due to injury, the Boston Celtics have had their depth exposed. After having a second unit that always seemed to give them an advantage in the past, the excessive youth and inexperience has made their second unit a liability more often than not, and has put a lot more strain on the depleted starting unit.
Then, on a night where Isaiah Thomas got nothing started until late in the fourth quarter, the bench finally stepped up and secured a victory with a starting unit that had no business winning.