At 2:20 in the morning, mere hours after he had gotten his face smashed into the TD Garden parquet floor diving for a loose ball, Derrick White walked into the locker room to grab an item or two that he had left behind.
The 6-foot-4-inch guard had to bend down to lift up the plastic covering that hung over the lockers to protect the players’ valuables from being soaked with champagne.
The party had died down, but the signs of a good time were all around him.
Four plastic storage bins full of empty beer cans and champagne bottles sat on the floor a few feet away from the Celtics logo.