I truthfully would not mind IT not playing Games 1 and 2. Family First.
Ainge and Stevens will definitely do what's right here. All up to IT.
And please, if IT has a bad game today (assuming he plays), no one bash him or anything please. Just to keep it clean and respectful in times like this.
TP for this. We all deal differently. My first husband died in a flying accident and I went back to teaching a couple of days after the funeral. I had to be strong for my kids and keeping busy helped me. His brother had died a couple of years before and his wife was still not able to go back to work and couldn't deal with it. My mother in law still will not speak to me because she said that I didn't grieve enough. She had no idea what I had in my heart, but for me, keeping busy and going back to normal was what I had to do. But I understood my sister in law's reaction also.
IT will do what he has to. If he plays, he may play well because he's playing in honor of his sister's memory. He may also play poorly because his mind is understandably on his family and the tragedy. Or, he may feel it's best not to play if he doesn't feel he can do it and that he needs to be with his family at this time. Whatever he does, the Celtics family will be solidly behind him!!! RIP Chyna.