If the Celtics didn’t already have enough news being up 2-0 in their first-round series against the Nets, they received even more good news ahead of Game 3.
Center Robert Williams will make his return on Saturday, Celtics coach Ime Udoka told reporters pregame. He won’t start, though, and will come off the bench. Udoka also said that he’ll play Willaims in spurts and that he’ll have a minutes restriction of 20-24 minutes.
Williams’s return for Game 3 is actually a bit ahead of schedule from the initial timeline the Celtics gave him to return. After tearing the meniscus in his left knee on March 27 against the Timberwolves, the Celtics announced that Williams would miss four-to-six weeks following his surgery on March 30.