Marcus Smart played 11 minutes in the game last night against the Los Angeles Lakers and got all his minutes in the second half of the contest. Coming back from an injury, it's expected that Smart would be eased back into the rotation slowly after having missed 18 games.
#Celtics coach Brad Stevens: Marcus Smart will be on "little bit" of a minutes restriction going forward.
Coming back from his knee injury, Stevens has plans to slowly re-ingratiate Smart into the Celtics lineup. While it is unclear whether or not Smart will be starting again given how well Isaiah Thomas has done as a starter, there should be no doubt about Smart stealing minutes away from Turner once he gets healthy.