Over the last three games, Gordon Hayward has looked a little different. The tentativeness is fading away and he’s getting more aggressive with the ball in his hands. He’s looking for his shot and becoming more of a pressure point that the Celtics can push whenever the offense starts to bog down.
On Thursday night, Hayward played his best game in green, finishing with 18 points on 6-for-11 shooting and five assists. It’s the closest he’s looked to the max free agent that Boston signed last summer before his devastating ankle injury.