Doc's Ace in the Hole!

[syfy9]

http://www.nba.com/celtics/news/sidebar/doc-draws-ace-williams-during-game-5

“Sometimes you pull out a card,” was Rivers’ explanation as to why he called on Williams.

That card Rivers pulled out Wednesday night happened to be an ace. As in an ace ball handler and an ace defender.

Williams provided a sizable boost in both of those categories during Game 5. And boy, were they needed.

The Celtics shot 50 percent from the field (12-of-24) while Williams was on the floor. They shot 43.5 percent (20-of-46) while he was on the bench. Thirteen of the team’s 20 assists were tallied during Williams’ 17 minutes of action.

No one can deny that impact. The offensive numbers don’t lie. Neither do the ones at the other end, which indicate that Williams was also a game-changing defender during Game 5.

“What we are asking him to do is what he has never done before – he is defending,” Rivers said. “Everybody told me he can’t defend but he is proving everyone wrong. He is doing it for us.”

Williams’ size and athleticism seem to be Felton’s kryptonite. New York’s point guard shot just 42.9 percent from the field Wednesday night while Williams was on the floor, as opposed to a 58.3 percent clip while Williams was on the bench, according to NBA.com/stats. Felton also did not dish out a single assist while Williams was in the game.

[CelticConcourse]

Biggest surprise of the postseason.

Congrats to both TWill and Doc

[LarBrd33]

and this just points to the fact that Avery Bradley is not a long-term solution as a starting SG.  He's 6'2 and 180 pounds... he's terrible offensively.  He plays solid defense, but he's too small to deal with larger guards (noticed this last year when Joe Johnson ate him alive).  Felton has a mere 25 pounds on Bradley and it's still too much for Bradley to handle.  Makes sense why we are going with T-Will who is 6'6 and 220 pounds...

That size issue is the same reason why Jason Terry spent the vast majority of his career coming off the bench. 

[SparzWizard]

I hope New York cannot find any thing to stop Terrence Williams. What if they put J.R. Smith on him now? Hahah...

[ManUp]

Took him long enough...