It’s been a tumultuous week for rookie Robert Williams. After opening the season on the outskirts of the Celtics’ rotation, shuttling back and forth from the G-League Red Claws and rarely seeing NBA minutes outside of Gino Time, a series of injuries to crucial pieces of the Boston front court pressed the Texas A&M product into action. Over Boston’s first 25 games, Williams saw just 33 minutes of playing time total. This week, against the New Orleans Pelicans, Washington Wizards and Atlanta Hawks, he played 56.
Williams kicked the week off by taking the Pelicans to task, grabbing 11 rebounds and swatting three shots — two of them off Davis himself.