COMMENTARY
Let’s start where it started: With another dazzling start by an unlikely starter.
Gerald Green played 47 games this season in his return to the Celtics, a decade after he was exiled to Minnesota in the Kevin Garnett trade. Most nights, he enjoyed having one of the best seats in the house alongside James Young.
And he started exactly zero regular season games this season – or two fewer than he has started in the Celtics’ last two postseason games.
Suddenly, he’s the modern-day Vinnie Johnson, a heat-check in human form. Green gave the Celtics a little spark in their Game 3 win, scoring 8 points in 20 minutes, including a pair of 3-pointer.