Looking to avoid falling into a 3-1 hole in the Eastern Conference Finals, the Celtics will likely have their starting center back in action. Robert Williams is expected to play in Game 4 tonight, Shams Charania of The Athletic tweets.
Williams, a Second Team All-Defensive selection, missed Game 3 due to knee soreness. His defensive presence was missed as the Heat jumped to a 21-point first-quarter lead and shot 46.7% from the field for the game in their 109-103 victory at Boston. Williams played only 20 minutes in Boston’s Game 2 win but had 18 points and nine rebounds in Game 1.
Williams, who underwent knee surgery late in the regular season, only played in the first three games of the conference semifinals against Milwaukee. Boston has gone smaller with Al Horford and Grant Williams manning the power positions a majority of the time against the Heat.
Still would like to see Boston use certain guys, but I expect to see them continue with a shorter rotation, as we saw in the last game, where they realized what I had been talking about how White being back actually helped the Heat’s guard rotation be more effective, and they also realized to not use Theis in this matchup
That being said, the Heat injury situation and potential rotation might change those things again, so should be interesting to see if either team makes any adjustments