Williams isn’t just important to Boston’s chances of getting back to the Finals. He’s indispensable.
Another week, it would have been a bigger story.
And how sure are the Celtics he is going to be Robert Williams III when he gets back?
This week hasn’t been about Williams, of course. It hasn’t been about how Jaylen Brown has handled trade rumors, how Jayson Tatum plans to improve or how Malcolm Brogdon is going to fit in.
It’s been about Ime Udoka. And how the Celtics lost Udoka.