Most fans do not think greatly about who their favorite team has suited up at the end of the bench. In a star-driven league, the All-Stars in the starting lineup are going to be the players who decide a win or a loss 9 nine times out of ten; not the league-minimum guys in sweats at the end of the bench.
However, as the season has taken it’s toll on the Boston Celtics starters, the bench unit and depth guys have stepped up and preserved Boston’s standing near the top of the Eastern Conference.
When Kyrie Irving went down with a knee injury on March 11; the Celtics added their superstar point guard to a list of injuries that already included All-Star Gordon Hayward, prized sophomore Jaylen Brown and Marcus Smart.