After skipping most of the warm ups and spending parts of the last two days in the hospital with a skin infection of thoroughly obscure etiology, Sully was a big question mark. However, in the early going, he was the only Celtic who scored more than once. Through the first six minutes he had five of Boston’s 12 points.
Neither team looked particularly sharp in the first half. Boston finished the quarter shooting less than 40% and with no offensive boards. They also spotted Memphis the first six points of the game. The second unit (plus Isaiah Thomas) finished the quarter on a little run and at the end of one, Memphis was up 2 on the Celtics, 26-24.