Remember Gordon Hayward’s devastating broken leg five minutes into his Celtics career, the injury that ended his season?
The Celtics called this play after a timeout, and I wonder if it was with the intention of getting their new star player going. It’s a set that should look familiar to Jazz fans: Hayward starts to cut up to the top around a screen as he typically does, but quickly changes direction towards the basket to catch the alley-oop. Unfortunately, the Cavs defense sandwich Hayward in the air as they try to intercept the pass and causing him to come down awkwardly.